KASSER SYNTHS YM2151 Arcade FM Synthesizer Mit User Guide
- June 2, 2024
- KASSER SYNTHS
Table of Contents
KASSER SYNTHS YM2151 Arcade FM Synthesizer Mit
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Overview
menu 1 feedback, algorithm & velocity control
- feedback left knob degree of modulation of operator 1 to itself
- algorithm right knob modulators are the operators that modulate the carriers carriers are the operators you can hear
- velocity right knob on/off midi velocity controlled operators
menu 2 frequency ratio
- frequency multiplier right knob operator‘s frequency multiplier
- frequency fine detune left knob fine detune of selected frequency multiplier
- frequency coarse detune 2 right knob coarse detune of selected frequency multiplier
*different frequency ratios between carrier and its modulator will produce different overtones
menu 3 ads envelope
- attack rate left knob
- t otal level right knob
- decay rate left knob
- secondary total level right knob
- secondary decay rate left knob
- release rate right knob
- rate or key scaling right knob
menu 4 low frequency oscillator (lfo)
- lfo frequency left knob global for 4 operators
- frequency modulation sensitivity right knob global for 4 operators
- amplitude modulation on/off left knob for every individual operator
- amplitude modulation sensitivity right knob global for 4 operators
menu 5 low frequency oscillator (lfo)
- phase modulation depth right knob
- amplitude modulation depth right knob
- phase and amplitude modulation waveform right knob these submenus are selected with the left knob
menu 6 fm patches and midi channels
- edit midi ch/bank 0 preset selection left knob
- save preset in midi ch selection left knob
number: midi channel number : midi bank 0 preset number on top shows the preset that is being edited - load 8 presets from sd card to midi channels
*presets need to be named as patch0x.dmp (x from 1 to 8) - save all 8 presets from midi channels to sd card
*presets need to be renamed from patch0x.DMP to patch0x.dmp (x from 1 to 8) to load correctly on deflemask software
midi cc implementation chart
global control
| parameter | cc | data range |
|---|---|---|
| lfo frequency | 1 | 8 |
| phase modulation depth | 28 | 64 |
| amplitude modulation depth | 29 | 64 |
| lfo waveform | 30 | 4 |
| noise enable (ch 8) | 78 | 2 |
| noise frequency (ch 8) | 79 | 32 |
channel voice control
| parameter | cc | data range |
|---|---|---|
| pitch bend amount | 81 | 12 |
| fm algorithm | 14 | 8 |
| fm feedback | 15 | 8 |
| stereo configuration | 77 | 4 |
| amplitude modulation sensitivity | 76 | 4 |
| frequency modulation sensitivity | 75 | 8 |
operator control
| parameter | cc | data range |
|---|---|---|
| total level op1 | 16 | 128 |
| total level op2 | 17 | 128 |
| total level op3 | 18 | 128 |
| total level op4 | 19 | 128 |
| freq multiplier op1 | 20 | 16 |
| freq multiplier op2 | 21 | 16 |
| freq multiplier op3 | 22 | 16 |
| freq multiplier op4 | 23 | 16 |
| detune (fine) op1 | 24 | 7 |
| detune (fine) op2 | 25 | 7 |
| detune (fine) op3 | 26 | 7 |
| detune (fine) op4 | 27 | 7 |
| detune 2 (coarse) op1 | 82 | 4 |
| detune 2 (coarse) op2 | 83 | 4 |
| detune 2(coarse) op3 | 84 | 4 |
| detune 2 (coarse) op4 | 85 | 4 |
| attack rate op1 | 43 | 32 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| attack rate op2 | 44 | 32 |
| attack rate op3 | 45 | 32 |
| attack rate op4 | 46 | 32 |
| decay rate op1 | 47 | 32 |
| decay rate op2 | 48 | 32 |
| decay rate op3 | 49 | 32 |
| decay rate op4 | 50 | 32 |
| secondary decay rate op1 | 51 | 16 |
| secondary decay rate op2 | 52 | 16 |
| secondary decay rate op3 | 53 | 16 |
| secondary decay rate op4 | 54 | 16 |
| secondary total level op1 | 55 | 16 |
| secondary total level op2 | 56 | 16 |
| secondary total level op3 | 57 | 16 |
| secondary total level op4 | 58 | 16 |
| release rate op1 | 59 | 16 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| release rate op2 | 60 | 16 |
| release rate op3 | 61 | 16 |
| release rate op4 | 62 | 16 |
| amplitude modulation on/off op1 | 70 | 2 |
| amplitude modulation on/off op2 | 71 | 2 |
| amplitude modulation on/off op3 | 72 | 2 |
| amplitude modulation on/off op4 | 73 | 2 |
| rate or key scaling op1 | 39 | 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rate or key scaling op2 | 40 | 4 |
| rate or key scaling op3 | 41 | 4 |
| rate or key scaling op4 | 42 | 4 |
midi bank 0 and bank 1 presets
| videogame | preset |
|---|---|
| street fighter 2 | 0: bright piano (ken) 1 : lead (ryu) 2: eorgan (guile) 3: |
horn (guile) 4: epiano(credit) 5: lead (title)
space harrier| 6: epiano(theme) 7: epiano2 8: bass
afterburner 2| 9: ebass(final take off) 10: wood percussion (afterburner) 11:
distorted bass(redout)
ghouls’n ghosts| 12: eorgan(credit) 13: organ(stage1) 14: percussion15: mister
piano
final fight| 16: bass(opening) 17: synthlead 18: organ19: bass(round1) 20:
horn 21: synth guitar
outrun| 22: synth (magical shower) 23: synth (passing breeze) 24: epiano 25:
epiano2 26: epiano 3 (splash wave) 27: ekalimba (splash wave) 28:epiano4 29:
epiano 5
r-type| 30: eguitar 1 (start 1ststage) 31: eguitar2 32: string
shinobi| 33: epiano1 (bgm) 34: epiano2 35: synth
double dragon| 36: eguitar (industrial area) 37: horn 38: drum 1 39: drum 2
40: drum 3 41: bass (opening)
golden axe| 42: synth bass(deathadder) 43:drum 1
(wilderness) 44: synthbass2
(deathadder) 45: drum 2 46: drum 3
(wilderness)
altered beast| 47: drum 1 (round 1) 48: drum 2 49:
drum 3 50: epiano 51: kalimba 52: bass
53: metal 54: klang
marble madness| 55: pad(level1) 56: kalimba 57:
percussion(level2) 58: string1 59: bass
60: string2
forgotten worlds| 61: epiano(round 1) 62: horn
fantasy zone 2| 63:drum 1 (10years) 64:drum 2 65:
synth 66: percussion1 (cholacorai) 67:
percussion2 68: drum 3 (gumbatight)
69: eguitar
ninja spirit| 70: pad1 (round 1) 71: pad2 72: pad 3
midi channels these 8 presets are loaded by default in the midi channels from
1 to 8| 73 (1): bass(street fighter2 – ryu) 74
(2): bass(outrun – magical shower) 75
(3): epiano(outrun – last wave) 76 (4):
lead synth (afterburner2 – afterburner)
77 (5): drone(final fight- round 1) 78
(6): percussion(ghouls’ n ghosts – stage
- 79 (7): tom (space harrier – theme) 80
(8): snare(space harrier – theme)
bank 1 corresponds to the sd card. presets have to be saved in the sdcard as instrxxx.dmp where xxx goes from 000 to 127. program change midi messages can load these presets in the midi channel selected. presets value range is from 0 to 127
