IN DEPTH VIDEO ABOUT THE MACHINE on my second channel :- kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3Wb2bivetrKnsY.html GET THE SEGA MEGADRIVE MIDI INTERFACE HERE :- catskullelectronics.com/genmdm Notes and volts :- kzread.info/dash/bejne/doyc2sasd7Wro7g.html LITTLE SCALE AMAZING :- kzread.info More info on this project and my modified code :- www.lookmumnocomputer.com/projects#/sega-megadrive-synth CUCKKOO ON THE PLOGUE CHIPSYNTH :- kzread.info/dash/bejne/eo14mpWwZcvYj9Y.html

@St3ph4n3

4 жыл бұрын

It's insane ;) well done the BlueSky from hell! Wow what a work...

@MilkoOfficialChannel

4 жыл бұрын

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER Amazing!

@buddyclem7328

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome classic Doctor Who kind of sound!

@gorillaxrich

4 жыл бұрын

Call Fredrick... He can code it right up...

I had a synth-friend once. I loved listening to him talk about his projects. But once he figured out that I didn’t really understand, he stopped telling me about them. Thank god for you.

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

Bungalow Feuhler aaaaaaaah keep asking

@SuperElectricmonk

4 жыл бұрын

Faith in LMNC :)

@maneonanewplanenigga5162

4 жыл бұрын

i wish i could get a few of these things you got. especially the one that could be marketable the pocket bible. thing is me and electricity arent on good terms! seems i could make things like this, but they come out more like failed sparking garage recreations of peewee herman's breakfast machine with no clear end goal. im better with hydraulics and air lol

@imthatguyhere

4 жыл бұрын

@@maneonanewplanenigga5162 make a hydraulic and pneumatic instrument !

@AnalogDude_

4 жыл бұрын

ya, you spend your life doing all sort of experiments, reading, building, things can go wrong, explode or so, but that's how you learn. but i do feel i explain things right, yet still fail to bring the message / code or whatever and have fights, sadly.

LMNC: "I added a bit o' reverb..." Mega Drive, from inside a moon cave: "WOOWWOOWWOOWWOOWWOOWWOOW"

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

lol

Just imagine what this guy could do if he had central heating!

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

oh the dreams!

@crossfire4902

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@Jimfowler82

3 жыл бұрын

Classic 🤭

@larrygreen1234520ify

3 жыл бұрын

Ever hear of a server room having a furnace? This dude is 100% legit. No sacrifice... no.. victory...

The sound out of that Sega synth is nothing short of epic. FM is something out of this world.

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

Kieran Short until it’s trying to copy a tuba 😂

@saricubra2867

4 жыл бұрын

It's ironic that the YM2612 still can be used today and the SPC700 from the SNES is a thing of the past. Synths are really timeless.

@SpiralPegasus

4 жыл бұрын

FM sound is the best kind of sound Sam: not the greatest of imitations, but deep bass winds are played on Lemmings 2 - Egypt Wings of Wor - Opening Theme Shining Force 2 - Wandering Warriors Mega Drive _can_ do everything ;)

@david-spliso1928

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but the SNES sound chip was a great choice. For example, check out the soundtrack to Donkey Kong Country on its Sony S-SMP. It really stands up to this day, clear and beautiful, when used in the right hands. Its limitations, particularly the available ram made for some clever music as people got the most out of it.

@TheZudah

4 жыл бұрын

@@david-spliso1928 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZyDpsmOZMnJZbg.html

I’ve been into synths for about 22 years, and I’d just like you to know, you’re a genius. It’s absolutely incredible what you create and the spirit you have towards this technology. It brings a smile to my face ! Keep doing what you do, it’s a work of art.

@seth4766

4 жыл бұрын

We regularly sampled from a Megadrive back in the 90’s. One of the great things about megadrive games was that many allowed you access to the games sound library.

@SparkThaMetal

8 ай бұрын

The dark synthy Megadrive sound directly influenced UK Grime that started in late 90s. Uk grime lead on to UK drill. So a lot of music today can trace parts of its roots back to the system. Amazing really. Grime Artists would often reference Sega and Sega games in their music too. Only the rich kids had a Snes tbh so it was the everyman console.

@e-conrecords4665

8 ай бұрын

@@SparkThaMetal I just preferred Sonic over Mario... and that determined my choice of console. They were playing Sonic on big screens in the nightclubs I used to frequent at that time so I think that also kick-started my love affair with all things Sega... Until the 32x and Saturn broke my heart... lol

sounds like ecco the dolphin having a messy night

@FerrariKangaroo

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah

@blahuhm6782

4 жыл бұрын

Ecco vs Taco Bell

@djhatstand7312

4 жыл бұрын

Ecco Vs Chicken Vindaloo

@XxxAshHazardxxX

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Stranger Things

I've been obsessed with the sound of the Genesis/Megadrive synth engine since I played Chakan The Forever man and ECCO Tides of Time as a kid, and I've long dreamed of making a hardware synth based on the YM2612, so its incredible to see it materialized like this and I feel inspired to actually start designing mine. I think I will go for more of a small form factor compact synth with just the chip and a few ICs at the core, so I can put the raw power of that Sega sound in my pocket and take it to jams and gigs. Thank you so much for all of these amazing projects.

Another great vid Sam, I can only offer two recommendations for this build. First, I'd say keep your eyes open for a 1st gen MD as they are known to have much better sound, and second, i would open the console and see if you can mod the stereo headphone output to a line lever output which should help to clean up the sound, YMMV.

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

thanks alex. i speak about 1st gen in the 1st video. cant be pickyt! this was the first one that came up. sounds fine. also the line out. yeah fair doos, i aint got no complaints on the headphone out on this. i just left the mega drive as is. one day possibly. but probably not haha

@SproutyPottedPlant

4 жыл бұрын

Just look at the position of the ports on the back no need to seek out HD graphics model.! Power and AV next to each other and right at the very edge of the case? All good, it’s a VA6 or below! If not then it’s the awful VA7 with Mega Drive 2 performance.

@alextirrellRI

4 жыл бұрын

@@SproutyPottedPlant ^ This. Many of the model 1s are just fine. Too many people get hung up on HD graphics.

Man, this whole sound feels like it's an organ on some massive space cathedral. Amazing sound! Can't wait to see what you come up with

@hellykerbert2838

4 жыл бұрын

well said!

@Qardo

3 жыл бұрын

All rise and open your text documents to Gaming Hymns and scroll down to "U R L33T LOL!" *music starts playing*

this might be the best sounding thing you've made. big ups!

It's funny how at the start it just sounds like any old FM synth until you start messing with the parameters. Very cool!

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

2 ай бұрын

Like any other synth in existence.

2:32 ... I'm convinced. Love it.

Man, it was I was transported to another dimension by the sounds! Dope awesomeness!

This guy looks like John Connor's friend from Terminator 2

@hellykerbert2838

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO!

@forgottenmedia5172

4 жыл бұрын

OH CRISTO!

@Xegethra

4 жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it.....

@KRAFTWERK2K6

4 жыл бұрын

Only without that Mullet.

The genesis FM sound is one of my favourites. This thing really sings strapped liked that to your contraption. Love it.

... now this is sick but one thing is messing with me: Are you wearing two leather jackets over a hoodie?

@IdealIdeas100

4 жыл бұрын

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Make a heated jacket that also doubles as a synth with knobs on the inside so it looks like youre trying to sell people drugs while you fiddle with the controls.

@badspecgamer128

4 жыл бұрын

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER turn on some test equipment to warm that place up

@DangMclang5969

4 жыл бұрын

*Archer voice* Are you not?

@positronalpha

4 жыл бұрын

@@IdealIdeas100 Yes! A synth jacket is a great idea.

@JaneenFebles

4 жыл бұрын

@@IdealIdeas100 Lmfao!!!!!! YES!!!

This machine is why I suscribed to your channel. I am a huge Megadrive fan and I love the FM music the Megadrive makes. I look forward to what you can make with this thing.

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

Zaku Guriin FM FTW when it ain’t pretending to be a tuba or a bell haha

@zakuguriin4521

4 жыл бұрын

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Hell yeah! I knew the Megadrive was something special when I heard the soundtrack to Adventures of Batman and Robin. That soundtrack blew my mind. Sounds like hardcore club techno coming out of the Megadrvie.

So nice, sounds like a mixture of spaceships and deep-sea animals.

@dxtxzbunchanumbers

4 жыл бұрын

Ecco!

@simondanielssonmusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@dxtxzbunchanumbers Haha fuck, that was the thing I was gonna comment! :D

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

Echo the dolphin deffo haha 🐬

@dr.velious5411

4 жыл бұрын

If you guys haven't played Ecco PC I highly recommend it, the music is godly with bass.dll. I also recommend checking out the Spencer Nilsen interviews on VGMpire for insight on how they went about making the music if you're interested.

@NeoBechstein

4 жыл бұрын

@@dr.velious5411 I have at least two ecco versions. I think one is for the gamegear, otherone for the MD. But I never really understood how to play these game...

You are just on another level, dude how you have opened my mind, Maddest scientist i just can't get enough of!

3:56 sounds rad alot of it sounds rad but i dig that one _drop dead Fred dream sequence ha ha best imaginary freind ever

it's amazing how almost any sound out of this reminds of mega drive games, i didn't expect it

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

well it would its a megadrive hahaha jokes. but yeah i know what you mean

It sounds amazing! you should play it live on a show with wintergatan! :)

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

Francesco Di Mauro good plan 😁

@pobbrett3244

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh that would be a great collaboration

@noren77

4 жыл бұрын

Epic!!

This thing sounds wild! Sitting here listening to space cows while counting the knobs to see whether I can cobble something together from all my midi controllers. Can’t be bothered to solder 50+/- (?) pots 😁 legendary patience you have!

@DaisyAjay

4 жыл бұрын

Soldering banks of pots is the fun bit, how can you not like that?

@LillySchwartz

4 жыл бұрын

​@@DaisyAjay And here I thought the coding was the fun bit 😂 nah man, so many for one project is getting just too repetitive for my liking. 3-12 pots = fun! Anything above 30 just goes into nope territory for me.

This heavy FM sound just crushes the SNES's S-SMP into dust

@adammelvin4753

4 жыл бұрын

Sega MD games had some truly epic soundtracks. The Streets of Rage series is one of my favourites

@prozac4545

4 жыл бұрын

@@adammelvin4753Yuzo Koshiro is a god

@dxtxzbunchanumbers

4 жыл бұрын

But the voices tho, "WISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE"

@pancortv8989

4 жыл бұрын

Not really

@bytesabre

4 жыл бұрын

Different chips win for different uses. Want some gnarled synth guitars and metallic FM jams then Megadrive OPN-2. Want a digital-analogue hybrid that can give you epic basslines? C64 SID. Want a versatile sampler? SNES S-SMP and Amiga Alice chip. No sense fighting over what is best, as that depends on perspective, so use them all together and create legendary jams

Bro, you walk into the Techno Bowl with one of these, and I promise you'd get every chick from Boston to L.A. You're a damn evil genius, but not even Saint Peter could deny you rite of passage. Well done homie. Two slow claps for you. Nothing more. Nothing less.

I love the sounds that you can create with this machine. Amazing work!

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

tis snazzy indeed!

Never fail to amaze man. Such a warm and interesting sound too. I like the grit it produces too. Some very dark synth wave waiting to happen with this. Very cool!

It's so useful synth machine from the old MegaDrive! Sam, you could make some great covers on Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, JMJ and etc. I think it's so suitable!

Sounds like some of my best 80s fantasy dreams.

A lot of the things you show strike me as simply gags. I mean, they work, but the impetus seems to be to simply do something outlandish. But this is a real instrument that yields some really fascinating textures and tones. I imagine it could be in a smaller package, but at this point it is still a real instrument. I had a closeup look at Hugh LeCaine's "Electronic Sackbut" in the local museum. It's one of the earliest known electronic instruments. I may shake my head in the sprawlingness of your MegaDrive synth, but it's a paragon of professional construction compared to the chewing-gum and masking-tape construction of LeCaine's machine. So, well done lad, well done.

Its like having a flashback of the entire genesis library all at once.

You CAN sell this and - should you want - make a living out of this.Super-well-done mate!

That's real mad scientist stuff. Love love love it!

so dope with the reverb!

Wonder when Behringer is going to bring out the LMNC-1...

pretty damn amazing. Some of these tones are borderline Synclavier-esqe

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

yeahhh like early dodgy digital hahas

Sounds like a score from an 80's movie.... like Legend or something.

@suburbanindie

4 жыл бұрын

Tangerine Dream did that one

@JaneenFebles

4 жыл бұрын

@@suburbanindie yup I have the soundtrack...my favorite song is the dance

Hey man. I’ve been watching your channel for several years now and I feel this might be the best thing you’ve ever created. Bravo. It sounds amazing. I hope you take it out live. FM synthesis is so much fun.

So awesome. Dude your videos are good. Thanks for everthing!

You're my favourite crazy dude of the internet. I wasn't prepared for the part 2!

You are really tempting me to visit the UK. Your live shows look super original and amazing. They're like TED Talks for musicians.

That thing is gnarly. Love those crazy glitched out sounds.

That's insane dude, well done

2:25 - Music to my ears!!

You make some really off the wall cool shit. This is such a bad ass project

Cooolilo. Watch out Robert Moog this young gentleman is right on your heels lol. Young sir you are a inspiration too all and clearly talented. Already looking forward to your next project. ( and now watching all the older posts )

Wow didn't expect so many nice sounds..

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

F3L1X TR4WOG3R well! Glad your expectations were low 😂😂

@felixt.2407

4 жыл бұрын

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER i mean this is one of the best synths! But the gameboysynth is the best one ^^ its fascinating, how you make such cool sounds from nothing :)

That first bit sounds very bbc radiophonic workshop. I love it!

I cried a little. This is a dream come true. I need to make one. And then I'll shut myself in a room and never leave.

It sounds AMAZING with that blue sky pedal!

You need to play at least one streets of rage track

I can hear the jealousy of every other Sega Megadrive/Genesis console on earth.

Good vibes on this video, nice

Liked just because you mentioned Drop Dead Fred! I love that movie! Plus your skills are top notch mate!

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

dropo dead fred made me lol

@tomd.3342

4 жыл бұрын

Lolz I'd have to agree with you on that! Your awesome mate! You should take a listen to Chakan the Forever Man's soundtrack. You would love its complexity.

I love this soooooooooo much. The concept is brilliant anyway but it sounds AMAZING as well. Brilliant work my dude.

Wow. Great sound and video.

Congrats sounds amazing!!!!!

Tasty!

One of the best project on this channel! just amazing!

Imagined showing this to JMJ just to see him flip out. Wicked project! Once the reverb kicked in it reminded me of Oxygen, lol.

TRULY INCREDIBLE!

Soooooo EPIC! Nice one!

Cara esse som "4:38" é muito acústico, parece até que está tocando uma calimba ou algo parecido, e logo depois 6:30 o instrumento praticamente faz a sinfonia sozinho, genial seu trabalho

This thing is fucking incredible. It's just amazing that the Mega Drive has this kind of potential and that you've unlocked it in this way.

So cool! That is one heck of an amazing setup. My favourite console. It had a unique, great sound. Super Nintendo would be really interesting.

Amazing, man. You've actually made FM synthesis expressive and alive!

Drop Dead Fred 😂 I'm amazed. Good job, dude.

Nice job! Looking forward to your all FM ambient album :)

Awesome work!

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

thankzzzz

Brilliant work Sam, I think you out did yourself on this one!

Dude you are my favorite new weird channel of the month, congratulations. I don't understand half of the stuff that's going on in your videos but you rock. More power to you and keep doing what you're doing, subscribed.

Love this channel

it be awesome if there was a way of recording the midi from this thing and then injecting it back into Mega Drive games to have really awesome game music...

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

4 жыл бұрын

MobCat 🤷‍♂️

at 2:55 sounds like something you'd hear in A Clockwork Orange

Sooo good man... you deserve a Nobel and a Grammy man

You’re my inspiration to peruse electrical engineering!!!! Love your channel!!! Bought a bunch of your music love it 🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Sounds so great! Now you just need to do this to a DX7 😄

That is friggin' awesome!!! What phat sounds it produces! Amazing. Mind blown!

Bro are you freakin kidding me? This thing is mind blowing!

Sounds AWESOME!!

Epic sounds out of this Sega Synth

Utterly incredible. Hope the guys at Sega see this and synth gods like Vince Clarke etc too! Just freaking cool.

Fantastic project!! Good idea!!! The sounds are crazy!!! The FM is not dead!!! Thanks Sega!!! LOL!!!!

completely love it

Sounds amazing

So cool. I want a mini version. :)

You truly are the best kind of maniac, mate. Never change.

jesus christ, this is the best thing I have ever seen, love you dude

This is MADNESS... ... and i LOVE it!

Okay, this looks pretty epic. Always wanted to make FM music myself (particularly Mega Drive music) Nice work making a full on Mega Drive synth, now for me to figure out how to use it hehe

@trulyinfamous

Жыл бұрын

Two years late, but you should try a program called Furnace Tracker. You can make Sega Genesis/Megadrive music with it, as well as a whole load of other game systems, sound cards, and other audio hardware. I like the OPL3 chip a lot (the one used in the sound blaster pro 2 soundcard.) If you are completely new to making music with a tracker, I recommend spending some time with FamiTracker to get used to the workflow and quirks of making tracker music. It's simple and has good documentation that makes learning easier. Both pieces of software are free.

@daxternator2117

Жыл бұрын

@@trulyinfamous yeah you are a bit late ahaha, I have figured out a way to make MD music since then. I use the Genny VST on FL Studio nowadays (along with other things to port my music to the MD and later touch it up via asm)

Sick pt 2!

this is another sick video. love what you do man.

Great channel , nice content 👍 ☝️

Sounds awesome

GREAT VIDEO GREAT LESSON

I remember programming an Oscar Oscillator, I moaned then, it took so long, watching you, makes me wanna buy another just so I can go all OCD on those dials, love it

I aspire to have this sort of mad scientist knowledge about something in my life

Beautiful