Posted by risktopark 1 day ago
There's at least two vst options in the works, one extracts just the voices and one emulates the whole machine interface
https://youtu.be/nY0bRaKWLmk?si=nhi4O6gx8Ld-RMuP
https://github.com/joelanders/gearmulator-md-mm/releases
There are other diy projects on github.. honestly with the GitHub links below and modern AI tools you can get something functioning in a day.
A lot of this work is made possible by the following. As well as people hacking on firmwares for current devices like digitone song mode hacks etc
https://github.com/mischa85/elektron-firmware-tool
There is MAME support for the relevant CPU/DSP and hint MAME archivists are also good at rom backing up...
Also look at the usual suspects and gearmulator for more digital music device emulation
One of the great things about the real Machinedrum is you can just kind of ‘swipe’ across the pads to mute things - this doesn’t really work in the web version, and its a pity because this kind of live dynamic interaction is why I still have the real Machinedrum for my use.
I also couldn’t work out how to dynamically change the drum set - this is another thing thats really nice about the real gear.
Would be nice to see multi-touch events handled as well, so that I can use 2 fingers to do things and have both actions register - as it stands now it seems it handles only single mouse events.
Still, a wonderful simulucrum for a bit of bopping around. Add a multi-timbral Virus emulation in a new tab, wire them up with a QY700 simulator as well, and you’ve got my holy trinity of devices for jamming .. ;)
Clones of old synths (or synth likes) is such a weird but somehow important business. They’ seem a little shameless but apparent the quality is pretty good and it’s keeping everyone honest.
so people can have all these at home without the hardware, if they manage to find the original OS online AND have a computer powerful enough to run all these... they are emulations of the original devices...
But in theory, someone could make hardware bootleg versions of all these devices...
Truly one of the most interesting developments in software synthesis in the past few years.
Way cool. Yes!
But genuinely, thank you!
I'm assuming that's just authentic to the UX of the original unit, but since this is such a cool tool to play around with, it might be nice to have the option of a "digital" or "high contrast" theme which optimized UX color choices for legibility.
Also, the synth/emulation sounds great (on my laptop speakers, at least).