YM_MINI Kits are now shipping!

This is a usb-powered software-midi controlled mini synthesizer circuits. It uses  a virtual midi driver to fully control a real YM2149 chip in stereo.

The chip is most well known for its use in the Apple II Mockingbird soundcards and Atari ST computers. The YM or the chip from which it was derived (GI’s AY-3-8910) also created the music and audio in the Intellivision, Vectrex, some MSX systems, Sinclair ZX and Spectrum home computers, and many arcade machines.

The synth can be played via a live controller like monome or Oxygen8, or any midi-capable software such as Logic-Pro, Energy-XT, FL_Studio, Reaktor, Reaper, Max/MSP, PureData, Protrekkr,  — pretty much anything that can sequence midi!

Instructions, additional info and usb-midi driver at:

http://www.straytechnologies.com/resources/

Select an option below to include an NOS (New old stock) YM Chip, or you can optionally use a YM2149 or 40 pin AY-3-8910 from your unused or broken old computers or games.

FTDI/USB cable or breakout boards are not included, but are available from Modern devices, Mouser, or can be used from another project. They are also available  for an additional $20 if you don’t have one. Find them under “Parts and Extras” in the shop menu.

This is a complete kit with parts and PCB, ready for you to solder together and use. Any beginner with some soldering experience can build this kit in about an hour.

This is a pre-built usb-powered software-midi controlled mini synthesizer circuits. It uses a virtual midi driver to fully control a real YM2149 chip in stereo.

This is a completed and tested version of the YM_MINI Kit, and requires no building. Plug it in and go.

The chip is most well known for its use in the Apple II Mockingbird soundcards and Atari ST computers. The YM or the chip from which it was derived (GI’s AY-3-8910) also created the music and audio in the Intellivision, Vectrex, some MSX systems, Sinclair ZX and Spectrum home computers, and many arcade machines.

The synth can be played via a live controller like monome or Oxygen8, or any midi-capable software such as Logic-Pro, Energy-XT, FL_Studio, Reaktor, Reaper, Max/MSP, PureData, Renoise,  — pretty much anything that can sequence midi!

Instructions, additional info and usb-midi driver at:

http://www.straytechnologies.com/resources/

This pre-built version includes all parts, a YM chip, the FTDI / usb cable. Plug it in and play.