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OPA FM Synthesizer Shield (kickstarter / last hours)

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:15 pm
by marzac
Hi Everyone here,

I have been developing the OPA shield and the last hours are coming for the campaign.
I still need to find bakers that would like to see this project succeed.

The OPA brings FM synthesis for Arduino based projects. The current version of the DSP
software offers:

4-operator voice structure
14 different algorithms
10 voice polyphony
8 simultaneous instruments
16-bit high-quality stereo output

It is made for artists, makers and musicians.
I also developed the open-source editor software for Linux and the dedicated Arduino Library.

If you like the project, please help us:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13 ... or-arduino

Do not hesitate to ask questions here.

Re: OPA FM Synthesizer Shield (kickstarter / last hours)

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:01 am
by witchspace
That sounds very cool. I played around with retro sound chip emulators a lot. The softsynth Dexed is also nice for FM sounds similar to the OPL2/3 days.
But this is the real thing resurrected :)
I'm a bit late to be a baker (lol) but wish you good luck with this project :D

Re: OPA FM Synthesizer Shield (kickstarter / last hours)

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:04 am
by witchspace
Speaking of hardware FM synths, I found this FPGA implementation of the OPL3 really clever. It's based on actual decapping and reverse engineering of the yamaha chip.