Emulate ALL the Sound Chips!

Free/open-source music software regularly astounds us - take Furnace Tracker. Furnace is the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made, and is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux. If you can name a classic sound chip, it's probably here:

• Yamaha FM chips:
  • YM2151 (OPM)
  • YM2203 (OPN)
  • YM2413 (OPLL)
  • YM2414 (OPZ) used in Yamaha TX81Z
  • YM2608 (OPNA) used in PC-98
  • YM2610 (OPNB) used in Neo Geo
  • YM2610B (OPNB2)
  • YM2612 (OPN2) used in Sega Genesis and FM Towns
  • YM3526 (OPL) used in C64 Sound Expander
  • YM3812 (OPL2)
  • YMF262 (OPL3) with full 4-op support!
  • YMF278 (OPL4) including sample channels
  • Y8950 (OPL with ADPCM)
• ESS ESFM (like OPL3 but with more features)
• square wave chips:
  • AY-3-8910/YM2149(F) used in several computers and game consoles
  • Commodore VIC used in the VIC-20
  • Microchip AY8930
  • TI SN76489 used in Sega Master System, BBC Micro, and many others
  • PC Speaker
  • Philips SAA1099 used in SAM Coupé
  • OKI MSM5232 used in some arcade boards
• sample chips:
  • SNES
  • Amiga
  • SegaPCM - all 16 channels
  • Capcom QSound
  • Yamaha YMZ280B (PCMD8)
  • Ricoh RF5C68 used in Sega CD and FM Towns
  • OKI MSM6258 and MSM6295
  • Konami K007232
  • Konami K053260
  • Irem GA20
  • Ensoniq ES5506
  • Namco C140
  • Namco C219
• wavetable chips:
  • HuC6280 used in PC Engine
  • Konami Bubble System WSG
  • Konami SCC/SCC+
  • Namco arcade chips (WSG/C15/C30)
  • WonderSwan
  • Seta/Allumer X1-010
  • Sharp SM8521 used in Tiger Game.com
• NES (Ricoh 2A03/2A07), with additional expansion sound support:
  • Konami VRC6
  • Konami VRC7
  • MMC5
  • Famicom Disk System
  • Sunsoft 5B
  • Namco 163
  • Family Noraebang (OPLL)
• SID (6581/8580) used in Commodore 64
• Mikey used in Atari Lynx
• ZX Spectrum beeper
  • SFX-like engine
  • QuadTone engine
• Pokémon Mini
• Commodore PET
• TED used in Commodore Plus/4
• Casio PV-1000
• TIA used in Atari 2600
  • including software tuning engine (TIunA)
• POKEY used in Atari 8-bit computers
• Game Boy
  • including software envelopes (zombie mode)
• Virtual Boy
• Game Boy Advance
  • DMA (direct memory access) two channel mode
  • MinMod software driver by Natt Akuma
• Nintendo DS
• Watara Supervision
• modern/fantasy:
  • Commander X16 VERA
  • tildearrow Sound Unit
  • PowerNoise
  • Bifurcator
  • SID2
  • SID3
  • Generic PCM DAC

With the ability to mix and match chips (want twangy FM bass alongside crunchy Amiga drums? You got it!), plus MIDI input and a wavetable generator - there's enough to keep you busy for a long time.

Get it free, or check out the full feature list at https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace - and happy bleeping!

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