To partner the RYM2612 comes another piece of software, the RYMCast, which is a VGM player that allows you to play original Sega Music files. The plugin synth is available now in VST, AU, AAX and RE formats for Windows and Mac at an introductory price of $25/€25 (normally $49/€49). Whereas RYMcast is available for free. I've been using free VSTs for years. While I've been able to create some decent sounding stuff, I'd love to have more control when it comes to ADSR envelopes (most free VST instruments lack this). I don't need anything super fancy, just solid and versatile. I don't need a huge library. Quality guitar, quality piano are what I'm looking for first.
MID2VGM PACK
Convert your FMDrive or/and SPSG track to a .VGM format. (Win Only) Go to my Dev Blog for full info!
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OPNA2TFI YM2608
Extract sound settings from regular YM2608 .VGM Files and save them into .tfi files that FMDrive can import. Support Drag and Drop operation. (Win Only)
The YM2608 FM chip was pretty similar to the YM2612 so you can easily convert or extract sound presets from NEC PC88 or PC9801 Music.
VGM2TFI 2.0
Extract sound settings from regular YM2612 .VGM Files and save them into .tfi files that FMDrive can import. Support Drag and Drop operation. (Win Only)
TFI GAME SOUNDS PRESETS PACK
FULL TFI PACK 33000 SOUNDS FROM MEGADRIVE GAMES AS .tfi FORMAT (unzip then place the folder in the root C:)
FB-01 FM MODULE ORIGINAKL BANKS PACK
Extracted and converted from the YAMAHA FB01 FM module, these are great sounds when used with FMDrive velocity control.
Free Ym2162 Vst Plugin
MEGADRIVE PCM SAMPLE PACK
Extracted from original Megadrive games, they can be imported into FMDrive DAC channel.
HOOT VOICE RIPPER 8r4
Naruto's HOOT Voice Ripper which now include my AJ MOD with FMDrive support. Basically what it does is for those that use hoot to listen to FM chipmusic (awesome Japanese Sharp X68000 Music!), this tool basically has the ability to capture the current driver register map (via hotkey Ctrl+C while listening), and it will collect the current instrument operator data of that instance. You can export the captured voice data to several formats including the FMDrive raw data (.FMD) format
GENKMOD AJMOD Emulator
GenKMod is a popular open sourced emulator written by Kaneda (SpriteMinds Guru) based on Gen. My Mod consist of YM2612 and PSG Bug Fixes and Music debug layout change. Basically you can play your favorite game and watch the FM registers moving (great for learning) and also extract any voice setting into an FMDrive compatible preset format.
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YM2612 Instrument Editor - Sega Genesis - Megadrive ROM
If you want to save your created sounds or use them into YM2612 emulators synths or trackers (FMDrive VST, Deflemask, VGMM), you can use an emulator like Regen or Gens to dump the channel as a .tfi file which can be loaded into capable VST or Trackers. SRAM support or Flashcard support could be added in the future to directly dump to SD card from the hardware. This brand new ROM was created and coded by Matt 'MrD', creator of Gravity Beam: Master Gaiden SMS Homebrew game and enhanced by Aly James, creator of FMDrive 2612 Vsti & SPSg Vsti. YM2612 Instrument editor lets you control the Sega Genesis FM sound chip in real time, access the main parameters of the Channel 1 and select which note to play. If you want to save your created sounds or use them into YM2612 emulators synths or trackers (FMDrive VST, Deflemask, VGMM), you can use an emulator like Regen or Gens to dump the channel as a .tfi file which can be loaded into capable VST or Trackers.
It is also a useful tool for YM2612 musicians or Genesis developers to quickly test a sound directly on the hardware in a friendly way.
Ym2612 Soundfont
Even cooler, friends from MegacatStudios put this ROM into a collector Cartridge you can buy exclusively from their website.
YM2612 Instrument Editor Collector Cartridge
Free Ym2162 Vst Free
FMDrive with Little Scale's GenMDM
Long story short this zip file contains all you need to know about FMDrive GenMDM support, GenMDM is a custom hardware designed by Sebastian Tomczak, aka Little Scale, that can convert MIDI data into YM2612 and PSG Data commands hence controlling the Sega in realtime, like an hardware synth. The problem is that GenMDM is closed source, apparently discontinued and not available anymore, so no bug fix?. However I will have a new working open source hardware solution soon.
Still, GenMDM was a genius idea and Little Scale got all my respect forever, this guy is creative.