DOS FM

What it is

Nine channels of two-operator FM, four waveforms an operator, through the real register map. Two operators is less than four, and it is exactly why it sounds like a PC game at two in the morning: nasal leads, picked basses, organs, and a saw with its feedback up that was always the nearest thing to a distorted guitar.

Nine two-operator voices, with additive and FM wiring per voice
Four waveforms an operator: sine, half, absolute and quarter
Tremolo, vibrato and key scaling, the card's own, as switches
The word on the console for every operator parameter, both ways

Hear it

Episode One · 132 BPM · 6 tracks, every one on this chip. The app's own render, straight out of the engine; it ships in the app as a project you can open and pull apart.

The library

109 SOUNDS · 12 KITS

KEYS 25LEADS 24BASS 20PLUCKS 12PADS 12BRASS 8STRINGS 4EFFECTS 4

The kits

12 kits, every pad a voice of this chip, none of them a sample. The genre kits (trap, jungle, house, dusty, electro, factory, carnival) are written for the music people make now; the rest for the music the chip was born into.

SOUND CARDSHAREWARETURBO BUTTONDOS PROMPTFLOPPYCARD TRAPCARD JUNGLECARD HOUSECARD DUSTYCARD ELECTROCARD FACTORYCARD CARNIVAL

KEYS 25

dos e.pianodos e.piano harddos e.piano tremdos e.piano widedos organdos organ halfdos organ tremdos organ octavedos belldos bell harddos bell softdos bell octavedos clavdos clav harddos clav softdos clav widedos vibesdos vibes tremdos vibes softdos vibes octavedos arp majordos arp minordos arp maj7dos arp min7dos arp octaves

LEADS 24

dos leaddos lead harddos lead vibdos lead widedos squaredos square harddos square vibdos square glidedos sawdos saw softdos saw vibdos saw widedos whistledos whistle vibdos whistle glidedos whistle widedos nasaldos nasal harddos nasal vibdos nasal pulsedos reeddos reed harddos reed vibdos reed soft

BASS 20

dos bassdos bass harddos bass softdos bass widedos slapdos slap harddos slap halfdos slap glidedos subdos sub harddos sub widedos sub glidedos rubberdos rubber harddos rubber softdos rubber pulsedos pick bassdos pick bass harddos pick bass softdos pick bass wide

PLUCKS 12

dos harpsidos harpsi harddos harpsi softdos harpsi octavedos pluckdos pluck harddos pluck halfdos pluck widedos marimbados marimba harddos marimba softdos marimba octave

PADS 12

dos paddos pad softdos pad tremdos pad widedos choirdos choir harddos choir tremdos choir widedos glassdos glass halfdos glass tremdos glass wide

BRASS 8

dos brassdos brass harddos brass softdos brass widedos horndos horn harddos horn vibdos horn wide

STRINGS 4

dos stringsdos strings softdos strings vibdos strings wide

EFFECTS 4

dos zapdos laserdos metaldos siren

The other chips

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