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Emulating the DX7 the hard way

plgDavidRecommended by 3 people on Hacker News, 2021–2024
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Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7's chips for an accurate emulation.

A deep look at how a classic synth really works.

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 2:00 Goals
  3. 2:43 Sub CPU
  4. 5:21 Main CPU
  5. 6:23 Address Map Investigation
  6. 7:59 Cartridges
  7. 11:09 Firmware Analysis
  8. 14:42 Skeleton MAME Driver
  9. 18:24 End of part 1
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