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THE 16-BIT CONSOLE

MEGA 16

FOUR-OPERATOR FM, SIX CHANNELS · PLUS THREE PSG TONES AND A NOISE SOURCE

FOUR-OPERATOR FM. THE CONSOLE THAT PUT BASS IN A CARTRIDGE.

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What it is

Four-operator FM, six channels of it, with the three-tone PSG and its noise beside it. The widest chip in the machine: bells, brass, slap bass, electric pianos, strings, and the growling basses that put a club in a cartridge. Every patch is the real algorithm, feedback and envelopes, so what you draw on the rack is what the chip computes.

  • Eight algorithms, feedback on the first operator, four envelopes with sustain rates
  • The PSG: three square tones and a noise channel, playable on their own
  • The biggest library: 206 patches and 16 kits, from boom bap to disco
  • Kits of FM drums: a kick is an operator pair with a pitch drop, never a sample

Hear it

Banger · 140 BPM · 8 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

206 SOUNDS · 16 KITS
BASS 57KEYS 38LEADS 30PADS 23BRASS 17EFFECTS 16PLUCKS 15STRINGS 10

The kits

16 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.

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BASS 57

growl basssubslap bassreeseacidcrunch bassdirty reese808 subphone bassdub bass808 long808 short808 distsub squaregrowl subhoover basswood subacid squarewob basshalf wobsquelch subtalk bassdark 808pluck bassscream reesepump subphaser reesedrill 808808 knock808 growlwob 1/8 reesedub wobrubber bassround subyoi basswow basstrip wobacid slowkeyed subvapor bassoutrun bassphonk bassjersey basslofi basshouse basstechno bassdnb reesednb subgarage bassdancehall basshyperpop bassboom bap basstrap 808grime bassfootwork bassdubstep wobdubstep talk

KEYS 38

e.pianoorganclavbell keysvibesmusic boxharpsichordlofi keysphone pianojazz organorgan stabauto-wah clavtremolo e.pianounderwater keysleslie organlofi e.pianotape pianoslow trem vibesslow lesliekeyed clavsoft pluck keysrandom pan bellvapor keysvapor bellphonk cowbellphonk keysjersey stabjersey belllofi rhodeshouse organhouse pianogarage organgarage stabdancehall skankboom bap keysdrill belltrap bellfootwork stab

LEADS 30

chip leadsaw leadsquare leadwhistleflutetape leadgrime squaregrime stabwah leadgated leadsiren leadlaser leadtelephone leadvibrato flutemegaphone leadradio leadnasal leadtrill leadoctave trilldive leadchaos leadwide vib flutevapor saxoutrun leadphonk leadlofi flutehyperpop leaddrill flutetrap flutegrime gate

PADS 23

padglass padchoir padcathedraldream padbreathe padsweep padautopan padshimmer padrandom paddrift padairy padslow open padtrance gate paddroneslow pan choirvapor padvapor choiroutrun padlofi padtechno dronednb padtrap choir

BRASS 17

brasshornssynth brassdub stabrave stabhoover stabbrass stabwah brassstutter stabpump brassgate 16 staboutrun brasshouse stabtechno stabdnb stabdancehall hornboom bap horn

EFFECTS 16

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PLUCKS 15

pluckharpkotosteel drumsitarspace pluckglass harpfilter plucklong pluck harpping pong pluckfilter seqoutrun arplofi guitarhyperpop belltrap pluck

STRINGS 10

stringscellopizzhall stringsswell stringsflange stringsphaser stringsoutrun stringsdrill stringsgrime string

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