KVR Audio

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:04 pm

Hi,
I just released an interesting collection of VST instruments. They emulate some OPL3 MIDI drivers that were common back In the 90s. So If you ever wanted to bring the FM instruments from Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, or Windows 9x Into your DAW, this is a great way to do It.
I only have builds for Windows, but the code doesn't use any OS specific API's, so It shouldn't be too hard to port to another platform. https://github.com/datajake1999/OPL3GM_ ... es/tag/1.0
I hope you have fun with this project, and I am open to any suggestions for a future release!

farlukar · Post by **farlukar** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:31 pm

I'll have a look at it later, but including the VST SDK in the source code might not go down well with Steinbеrg.

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:53 pm

About the inclusion of the VST SDK. In the back of my mind I know I shouldn't Include It, but If I have collaborators on this project, I want to provide them with all of the code they would need to create working builds. Hunting down the VST 2.4 SDK has proven difficult in recent years, and I would rather do more productive things instead of hunting down dependencies.
An alternative Is to use a framework like JUCE, but I find such frameworks add unnecessary bloat and make the code more complex.

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:02 pm

It's a problem isn't it!? I signed up with Steinberg in time so I can continue with VST 2 but...

Have you looked at the reverse engineered interface from Xaymar? Dunno how useful it is, one of those things on my to do list

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:28 pm

I just took a look at Xaymar's Interface, and It doesn't fulfill all of my needs such as processing MIDI events.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:36 pm

Sounds pretty cool, I played these games and am familiar with the music. Thanks for the 32 bit build!

Would be cool to tweak it more say on the fm modulator or so.

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:37 am

You can use a program such as OPL3 Bank Editor to edit the instrument bank files.

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Sun May 01, 2022 1:54 pm

I just released a new version of this, and I added It to the KVR plugin database.

nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Sun May 01, 2022 1:59 pm

please show us the UI,
and link us directly to purely the 64 bit VST2 build if you like,

-but do please up us the UI

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Mon May 02, 2022 8:08 am

Thanks for the feedback. I will prioritize developing a custom UI for the next release, but I will warn you It may not look as flashy as most modern plugins. The reason for this Is I want to make sure It Is accessible with assistive technology such as screen readers, which don't read the Interfaces of most plugins.

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Mon May 02, 2022 1:58 pm

thanks for these

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:35 am

OPL3GM VSTi version 1.2 has been released! https://github.com/datajake1999/OPL3GM_ ... es/tag/1.2

xhunaudio · Post by **xhunaudio** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:50 am

Congrats datajake1999 for your OPL3GM project.

Did I read correctly ? An IA64 (Itanium) build is available too ?

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:43 am

That Is correct. The Itanium compiler Is Included with my production build environment (Windows Server 2003 SDK), so It was trivial to produce IA64 builds. Even though there aren't any known VST hosts for Itanium, I can at least put some native IA64 VSTs out In the wild.

datajake1999 · Post by **datajake1999** » Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:36 am

I just released OPL3GM VSTi Version 1.3. https://github.com/datajake1999/OPL3GM_ ... es/tag/1.3

OPL3 GM VSTi