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The rigs we've created for chipsynth MD's emulation.

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What it is

A Plogue developer shows the custom electronic test rigs built to measure the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis sound chip (YM2612) for the chipsynth MD emulation. It covers the years of testing and reverse engineering needed to reproduce the chip's quirks accurately.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in threads on chip emulation as a look at how hard it is to emulate vintage sound hardware accurately.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The creator has a really cool video on it”

    Creator explains emulating the Mega Drive's ladder distortion in chipsynth MD

    dimatura, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer”

  2. “one of the authors goes into the difficulty of recreating things at”

    Author describes difficulty of accurately recreating the Mega Drive sound chip

    andrewf, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Nuked-MD-FPGA – accurate Sega Genesis re-implementation based on decapped chips”

  3. “This video shows some insight into the development process”

    Insight into chipsynth MD's development process

    H1Supreme, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware”

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Topics: ym2612, mega drive, reverse engineering, test rigs, chipsynth

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