Chipsynth OPMZ from Plogue

Plogue are back with another one of their lovingly-crafted Chip emulations, doing it the hard way - this time it's Chipsynth OPMZ! The OP series of chips have been used in countless pieces of equipment, including the DX100, DX27, DX21, TX81Z & DX11, and it's exact architecture has been recreated by David and the Plogue team. There is even a Chipsynth OPZ album available on Soundcloud here.

Get OPMZ here and find more details below,,, 

Once again, we've done it. We've meticulously recreated the original OPM (YM2151), OPP (YM2164), OPZ (YM2414) and OPZ2 (YM2424) sound chips in deep emulation from numerous digital captures, including the very many undocumented features. For instance, chipsynth OPMZ allows you to use the OPM's CSM mode in music.

We also have a full recreation of the exact pattern and mechanics of its often neglected noise generator, and all the exact quirks of its LFO. The OPZ chip used in the TX81Z was completely undocumented before the development of chipsynth OPMZ, and so we've done a full reverse engineering, discovering all the mysterious register overlays and previously unknown functionality such as internal volume ramping.

We've also done a deep dive on how exactly Yamaha themselves used the chips in the DX100, DX27, DX21, TX81Z and DX11 synthesizers, including their behaviour and analogue output stage and the DX21's chorus, making the whole package virtually identical. Just as before, chipsynth OPMZ is based on human researched and programmed emulation code.

Here we have a hardware comparison... 

For those who want a deeper look at the OPZ and how it was made, this video is for you:

David was a guest on 'midierror meets...' a few years ago - you can listen to that below on Soundcloud or on Youtube here:

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Get OPMZ here: https://plogue.com/products/chipsynth-opmz.html

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