Twisted-Electrons Introduces MEGAfm

US Desktop FM synth uses vintage Megadrive/Genesis games console YM2612 FM chip      14/01/20

Twisted-Electrons has posted this video of their new MEGAfm synthesizer which they say is a result of several years of development and is now available for pre-order. Here's more details direct from them...

MEGAfm uses and abuses the vintage YM2612 FM chip originally found in the Megadrive/Genesis games console.

BEAUTIFUL DIRT
Unlike most FM synthesizers that are very clean and digital, the YM2612 has very characterful tone allowing a broad sound palette ranging from beautiful plucked strings to growly distorted bass lines.

TACTILE OPERATORS
Hardware FM synthesizers are infamous for their reduced controls and complexity to program, with tiny LCD screens and only a couple of buttons to operate a load of menus…
With its 32 operators faders, 14 knobs and 15 buttons MEGAfm offers unprecedented hands-on FM control!

Every knob and fader can easily be modulated by the easy to use LFOs.

MAKE IT A DOUBLE!
The YM2612 chip offers 6 voices of crispy FM, 4 operators per voice and 8 algorithms.
MegaFM features 2 chips for a total of 12voices spread across two outputs (or summed to one)

FEATURES

• 12 Voice Polyphony
• Dual YM2612 FM chips (included)
• 8 Algorithms
• 50 preset (saving to any slot) and easy upload/download of banks to and from computer vis SYSEX.
• Preset randomiser
• 4 Voicing modes (Poly12, stereo/wide6, special CH3 mode, 12 voice unison with detune/fat knob
• Stereo or Mono output (1 chip per channel or both chips summed)
• 32 Sliders for total control of all 4 operators
• 14 knobs
• 15 buttons
• 23 LEDS, LED numeric display.
• 3 lfos to modulate any parameter
• 7-mode arpeggiator with transposable Sh-style step sequencer
• Vibrato with depth and rate
• MIDI clock on all LFOs, ARP and Vibrato
• Dual 6.35mm TS output and 6.35mm Stereo Headphones output
• Brushed/Anodized Aluminum Case
• Sturdy metal panel bolted potentiometers
• DIN5 MIDI input with MIDI channel learn and thru/out

 

Pricing and Availability:
€474.00 excl. VAT. pre-order. MEGAfm ships early March.

More information:

• MEGAfm

 

 

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