Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer

Re:Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer by ajxs on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:45PM (#33949449)

Yamaha are actually still manufacturing FM sound chips for consumer appliances! This page lists one modern FM chip, the YMF825 (SD-1): https://device.yamaha.com/en/lsi/products/sound_generator/

I'm not sure where it's used in the wild, however some people have built hobby synthesisers around it. A comparison against the OPL can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgAx0jngKQ

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Re:Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer by kristianp on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:48PM (#33960906)

The ymf825 seems to have been discontinued: https://www.switch-science.com/products/3399

I find it funny that yamaha thinks there'd be a market for embedded sound generators, outside of music enthusiasts.

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Re:Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer by dimatura on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:58AM (#33951754)

Yeah, though the dev boards (the SD-1) are relatively hard to find - just recently got a hold of one. Tiny! The chip itself seems like it might be easier to procure.

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