Welcome to the OPLx Page
Welcome to the OPLx Home Page. This page mainly
focuses on programming the Yamaha OPL2, OPL3 FM synthesizer chips
available on most PC sound cards. OPL4 information will become
available when I find the time to write code for it.
For the time being, these pages will serve as reference pages for individuals who are looking for FM programming information based on the OPL family of FM synthesizer chips from Yamaha. Hopefully, I will have time to write programs of my own. But don't expect anything! ;-)
Contact: oplx at yahoo.com
| FM Chip type | Description |
| OPL (YM3526) | 2-operator mono FM Synthesis |
| OPL2 (YM3812) | 2-operator mono FM Synthesis |
| OPL3 (YMF262) | 4-operator "stereo" FM Synthesis |
| OPL4 (YMF278B) | same as OPL3, but with Wavetable |
(empty for now)
DriversDriverGuide.com
- search here for hard to find drivers
Windrivers.com - search here for Windows related drivers
Related Links
Vibrants AdLib Music at The Vibrants' Homepage - The name says it all. Check it out!
Adlib Music Archive - This site contains some very nice Adlib (OPL2) tunes captured from various old DOS games. It's definately worth checking out.
JuceOPLVSTi - This site is for a VST instrument using the DOSBox OPL2 emulation.
JSynthLib - A really nice general purpose Synth Librarian and Patch Editor.
Sytrus - It's really hard to describe Sytrus; you just have to hear to it for yourself!
Native Instruments' FM8
- if you're
*really* into FM synthesis buy this program. It is amazing and
definitely worth it. Not to mention that with it you'll no longer
have to have vintage OPLx hardware to explore FM.
Malfunction's FM Synthesis Heaven - another FM synthesis page. If you can't find it here, you'll probably find it there!
FM Sound Generator Specification Library - lists practically all the FM synthesizer chips made by Yamaha.
Projects
IMS Revival Project(Korean)
Groups
SOUNDSHOCK a nice discussion forum on FM Synthesis
Last updated: May 3, 2021