Presenting a MSX MIDI synthesizer for the MSX-MUSIC and PSG…
A few years back I worked on a project called Synthesix, which turned your MSX into a modular MIDI synthesizer. However development on that project halted because the scope was too big, and the reception was mediocre due to its complex user interface.
However I still very much do like the concept of using modern tools like PC DAWs such as Logic Pro or Renoise, and MIDI controllers like the BeatStep Pro to make music for the MSX. So as a little side project for my game I set out to make a much simpler version of Synthesix, which I dubbed Synthesix Lite FM.
It has minimal UI, a fixed (non-modular) set-up similar to most normal synthesizers, targets FM and PSG only, and any configuration is done by control messages through MIDI. It’ll run in the background on a real MSX or in an emulator, and the DAW or MIDI controllers talk to it like they would to any other hardware synthesizer.
Project page: http://www.grauw.nl/projects/synthesix-lite-fm/