One Synth Challenge #160: ADLplug / OPNplug by jpcima (ZioMau Wins!)

[Boy Wonder]

Yay! I voted. I think I know now why I was d/q @ OSC159. I didn't vote for all the entrants. I only just realized today I had to do that. Silly me.

Anyway, this was a tough challenge. It was tough because I'm not sure what merits to base it on. If the idea was to deliver a track that sounded like it came straight out of Super Mario Bros c. 1988, a lot of tracks succeeded. If we were so supposed to compose something that sounded contemporary, well OPNplug was not a good idea.

[løkken]

Voted.

[empphryio]

Except for it being miserably buggy for me I prefer the sound of ADL over Surge. Now that I have listened plenty to the entries.

[MyLoFy]

finished voting

[L-EctroBit]

voted!

[empphryio]

Voted. Didn't comment when 4 people had already said what I was thinking. Thank you to those few who commented on mine. I didn't make it easy to think up much to say I guess... I really seem to have lost interest in busy sounding music. Lots of running around to no avail.

[Rahodees]

Voted!

[doctorbob]

I have finished my voting and commenting. Moved a few around with more listening.

Good job everyone. The standard was really high, despite the synth(s).

dB

[liqih]

Hey, I'm late with voting due to some health issues, I hope to complete votes tomorrow within day 15.
So far I heard beautiful tracks.

[doctorbob]

@liqih - hey, get well soon. Many good tracks to listen to and vote for IMHO

dB

[davi-dj]

Voted!

I'm impressed with the possibilities of these synths. I've seen that the ADL is the simulation of the Yamaha FM chip that was shipped with the Sound Blasters. I was using a Sound Blaster PRO for several years in the 90s and never did anything with that chip I always thought that it was only to made low quality sounds for some videogames but now I' ve seen that I was wrong. (or maybe there is a nostalgic element on this new perception)

[liqih]

@liqih - hey, get well soon. Many good tracks to listen to and vote for IMHO

TY Bob, I should be able to finish voting today.

[ZioMau]

Hey, I'm late with voting due to some health issues, I hope to complete votes tomorrow within day 15.
So far I heard beautiful tracks.

Good luck for your health, but if you can, don't be DQed missing votes...your track is really good and interesting

[Rahodees]

Voted!

I'm impressed with the possibilities of these synths. I've seen that the ADL is the simulation of the Yamaha FM chip that was shipped with the Sound Blasters. I was using a Sound Blaster PRO for several years in the 90s and never did anything with that chip I always thought that it was only to made low quality sounds for some videogames but now I' ve seen that I was wrong. (or maybe there is a nostalgic element on this new perception)

Do you know how many voices the SB Pro could play at once?

[ELEX]

Do you know how many voices the SB Pro could play at once?

from the wikipedia OPL page:

The YMF262's FM synthesis mode is configurable in different ways:

• Its basic mode provides 18 two-operator FM channels.
• One setting, common to the OPL line, converts 3 of the FM channels into a 5-channel percussion set.

Another setting, introduced with this chip, causes 12 of the channels to be paired up into six four-operator channels. This trades in polyphony for more complex sound formation.
The two settings can be used separately or in conjunction, resulting in four total modes:

• 18 2-operator channels
• 15 2-operator channels + 5 drum channels (drum setting on)
• 6 2-operator channels + 6 4-operator channels (4-op setting on)
• 3 2-operator channels + 6 4-operator channels + 5 drum channels (both settings on)