MD features a bit accurate OPN2 (YM2612) emulator. We combined it with a SN76489-compatible square wave core (SPSG) and a special emulation of the very crunchy sample playback found in games, and we multiplied all of this by 6 to make it polyphonic in every situation imaginable. A complimentary VGM file player allows you to audition hundreds of vintage soundtracks just like they were meant to be heard.
Plogue's reverse-engineering team worked very hard to make sure that even the rarest corner-cases involving the special features of the OPN2 chip were emulated bit-perfectly, backed by large amounts of testing on special hardware rigs. Add the DAC and impulse-response emulation to that, and you get a degree of realism that has never been reached before!
Oh, and as always, it is done how it should: without using samples!
"Whatever the tools we tweak for the real hardware adjustment, whether it's mml editors or trackers, chipsynthMD is undoubtedly the best VSTi to create MD/Gen music mockups ever."(...)
- Yuzo Koshiro, composer - Streets of Rage series.
System Compatibility
MD can run either as:
Windows
macOS
Linux
Standalone
Application
✓
✓
✓
VST3® Plug-In
✓
✓
✓
Audio Units™ Plug-In
NO
✓
NO
CLAP Plug-In
✓
✓
✓
ProTools AAX® Plug-In
✓
✓
NO
Requirements
- PC: Windows 10 (x64) or higher
- macOS: 10.13 or higher
- Linux: distribution with kernel 5.4 or higher
- CPU (PC): Intel/AMD multi-core or Snapdragon 8 gen3 and up (native)
- CPU (macOS): Intel or Apple Silicon/M1 or newer (native)
- CPU (Linux): x86_64 multi-core (SSE4.2 required) or aarch64 quad core (NEON required)
This plug-in supports Native Instruments’ NKS format. It is compatible with Maschine and Kontrol S-Series keyboards.
Chipsynth products
All available products
