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- The vLinn is available in 32bit VST format for the PC. It is created using SynthEdit as its main framework with custom coding for everything else. This is a similar set-up to that used by the well known freeware.
I was very excited when I heard that Aly James had just finished his version 2 of the Vlinn Linn LM-1 VST drum machine emulator. I did a comprehensive review of Vlinn version 1 a while ago, if you have not already watched that video I strongly suggest you do so before watching this one.
In this video I am going to concentrate on what the new features are in version 2 and how it differs from version 1.
Vlinn 2 Is Now Multi-Format and 64 Bit Compatible
The main and most important upgrade is that it is completely re-written to be compatible with multiple plugin formats and 64 bit systems. It is now available for Mac and PC in VST2, 3 and AudioUnit format.
Vlinn 2 is now written using Oli Larkin’s respected IPlug framework. Version 1 was made in SynthEdit with added custom code, a lot like Variety Of Sound’s free plugins. Many people will be very happy it is now 64 bit. Even though there is no performance improvement, some DAW’s 32 to 64 bit bridging can be problematic.
Comparing the GUI’s
Let’s get right in and compare version 1 and 2 side by side and explore the new features.
On the top we have version 1, and on the bottom version 2. They look very similar, but version 2 has a cool circuit graphic (top right) for your viewing pleasure.
vLinn v2.0
GUI Interface Usability Improvements
There are improvements in the way that you can interact with the GUI.
- Double click resets values to default settings. This is particularly useful with the tuning as you often want to return to a more sensible pitch after experimenting with some crazy ones.
- Alt click enables you to enter values precisely with the keyboard.
- Ctrl drag enables precise control over the knobs and sliders, which is the same as in version 1.
New panning control
The TUNE control can now be clicked and turned into a PAN control. This is very handy if you are not running the plugin in multiple output mode as it enables you to make a full stereo mix from right within the plugin.
Additional Stock Custom Voice
The original Linndrum was famous for having feeling and groove. One reason for this was that the stock snare drum had a little empty space before the sample causing it to sound slightly late. This meant that it had a laid back feel to it.
In the Vlinn version 2 there is now an additional custom voice that is named EXTRA. This has a copy of the stock snare WITHOUT this delay. This enables you to quickly program drum patterns that do not have the laid back snare sound without having to modify your MIDI. The original delay on the snare also got longer as you tuned the sample lower, so the new version is even more welcome in these situations.
New Velocity Modes
The velocity modes change the way the Vlinn reacts to how hard you hit your velocity sensitive keyboard or electronic drum kit. It also changes the way it reacts to programmed velocity inside your DAW.
Version 1 had only 2 velocity response modes, ORIGINAL and FULL.
ORIGINAL emulates the hardware in having only 2 velocity layers. So if you hit your keyboard/electronic drum kit very hard you get the loudest drum sound, anything under that you get the softer sound. It is playing the exact same sound, only at a lower or higher volume. FULL makes the Vlinn fully velocity responsive, unlike the original hardware instrument.
Version 2 add FULL LIN and FULL EXP modes. These are full velocity responsive modes, but they react in either a linear or exponential way. These are just technical terms that relate to how the Vlinn responds to how hard you play your controller. You may have come across these exact same terms in your MIDI controllers manual. The diagram shows what they mean, but you will need to play the instrument to discover the feel.
MIDI Pitch Bend for Global Tuning
Now you can use MIDI pitch bend to globally transpose the entire drum kit. This is really cool for live performance.
Improved EPROM Loading and Management
What the hell is an EPROM you may be asking? An EPROM is a special type of memory chip that retains its contents until it is exposed to ultraviolet light, it stands for erasable programmable read only memory. It is where the drum samples were stored on the old hardware.
As you know, the Vlinn 1 and 2 can both load the EPROMS from compatible drum machines. Now in version 2 all of the EPROMS can be replaced instead of only 7 of them. Also you don’t need to worry about the size of them when loading anymore, this is taken care of automatically now.
We also have a nicer layout and improved graphics on the page along with a handy UNLOAD CUSTOM EPROMS button to reset back to the stock sounds.
What Has Happened to the Electron Gate Linn EPROMS?
The Vlinn has the LM-1 EPROMS built in, but wouldn’t it be nice to have the LM-2 and Linn 9000 sounds too? That was totally possible if you downloaded the EPROMS and loaded them in.
Recently there has been a take down on the Linn EPROMS that have always been freely available from the electrongate website. If you go to the old download page now you get:
“The Linn drum samples have been removed from this web site at the request of the copyright holder. Please contact Forat Electronics for your Linn sound EPROM needs.“
Forat Electronics now seem to own the copyright for these ROMS. I assume they don’t want people burning their own and selling them on Ebay cutting into their business.
The Return of the Linn LM-2 and 9000 EPROMS!
Well, of course this copyright shouldn’t really apply to the samples in another format, after all the web is full of free samples taken from the LM-2 and 9000.
Here is an anonymously supplied bank in .fxb format that will work only in the Vlinn 2 :). It features not only the missing Linn EPROMS but all the classic drum machines that are compatible with the Vlinn ready to go!
Oberheim DMX
Oberheim DX
LinnDrum LM-2
SCI Drumtracks
Linn9000
Aly James Custom Kit 01
Linn LM-1 early revision
The other machines will of course sound like they were played through LM-1 hardware, but that is not a bad thing for lovers of 8 bit retro drums.
Forat Electronics
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If you are reading Forat Electronics, the EPROM format is embedded into another DATA format inside the bank. It is unusable “as is” to write onto hardware EPROMs. If you demand a take down I will of course comply, but it would be a real shame for users of this software. Really hope you guys are groovy with this.
Conclusion
This is a great update. For many people it will be the first time they get to use the plugin as it was only PC VST 32bit in the past. I can’t really think of anything important it is missing now and encountered no bugs or problems during testing.
If there was one killer feature that could be added in the future it would be tuning the kick drums automatically to note names. There is much debate on if this is overkill, but I have found it is a fantastic technique to get the bass and kick to gel.
There are of course many free and paid for drum samples out there that provide these sounds, but as we spoke about in the original review, they can’t provide the special tuning and filtering that the Vlinn provides.
What is missing from these raw Vlinn sounds that the sample libraries may have included is outboard processing to make them sound like the records we probably want to emulate the sound of. I think that half the fun is doing that yourself and in the process making your own sound. Running the drum bus out through an old consumer cassette deck should get you very close to the 80’s sound indeed, there maybe one lurking in your attic right now!
Vlinn’s GUI and features offer plenty of opportunity to experiment and play about with the drum sounds that sample libraries don’t provide. It is easy to set-up multiple outs from your DAW and process each sound individually. It really is a much more fun experience than using samples, and that is what it should be about!
UPDATE: Kirkwood West has created a VLinn Drum Rack for Ableton Live users to take advantage of. It sets up the VST on a Drum Rack by mapping each pad to a specific drum pad.
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Convert your FMDrive VST + SPSG VST Tracks to VGM
For VST FMDrive (Megadrive / Genesis FM Synth) and SPSG (PSG SN76489 chip) users
DOWNLOAD THE CONVERTERS PACK
I never found the time to make some proper info and tutorials regarding the usage of these geeky tools so I decided to make a release of my custom package anyway and do tutorials later, at least it is usable with a bit of reading :D
The FMDrive MIDI, + SPSG MIDI compositions to VGM file converters are still beta but 99% stable.
The format do not support yet CSM or Special Channel Mode conversion but every other things works, including logging FM registers automation! same for PSG.
DAC PCM files are converted the same way.
That means that you can have a portable hardware compatible version of your composition and eventually listen to it on the console hardware itself.
Huge thanks to ValleyBell from VgmRip for the code works, source code and additional info are also available and open sourced directly at VGMRIP
What is it?
Keep in mind these are not a 'one click done' converters and that they need a bit of 'geek power' in order to use them properly but you are probably kind o' nerdy anyway if you are reading this.These are converters that will take MIDI data as input and specific soundchip parameters and output a compressed widely popular format for chiptune called VGM, While VGM is not really a 'machine ready' code there are some converters that let you embed a VGM player into a ROM file, hence it makes your track playable on the real console.
The real advantage of this converter is that it will translate complex FM register automation from FMDrive that you did in your DAW into the VGM. This allows to translate pretty much any musical expression that you have recorded while performing in real time! which was something nearly impossible to translate properly using only trackers or machine code.
Converting Super PSG VST tracks - Midi to VGM -SN76489
Basically you will need a DAW that let you record the MIDI output from SPSG VST.SPSG VST, once MIDI output enabled, will write MIDI data for Volume envelope and Pitch, including arpeggios and pitch envelope.
A text file is provided into the package with some more infos.
You have to use CC#7 for volume data to work with the converter. Pitch if any will be sent automatically via MIDI out
Here is a video that shows the process from scratch in Cubase, it should be similar in other DAWs, it is somewhat long but once you did it once you can save a template in your DAW to do things fast :D
Also ,contrary to what is in the video, there is no need anymore to write RPN parameters for pitch, you only need to write CC#6 value = 48 at the beginning of the MIDI track that is using some pitch (bend, vibrato or pitch envelope) (SPSG use the whole range to write pitch data)
SPSG 2 VGM small Tutorial Video
Supported MIDI Controllers (MIDI CC#)
The converter will respond to:
CC7 Main Volume
CC10 Pan
CC16 General Purpose #1 select Noise Mode
0-63 - white noise
64-127 - periodic noise
CC17 General Purpose #2 set PSG 3 frequency Noise Mode
(Noise Frequency controlled by PSG 3 Frequency)
0-63 - disable
64-127 - enable (in this case transpose the notes to -48 semitones, 4 Octaves lower, if you use SPSG)
You will use mainly this setting on the converter:
disable GG (for GameGear) stereo if you plan to make a fusion with an FM only VGM in order to have a full Megadrive tracks (the PSG is mono only on the Megadrive) and use a Custom Clock if you have used something else in SPSG VST.
The MIDI channel mapping should be:
MIDI ch1 for PSG ch1
MIDI ch2 for PSG ch2
MIDI ch3 for PSG ch3
MIDI ch4 for PSG ch4 (Noise)
To sum up:
- Make a track using one instance of SPSG per channel (not needed but makes thing clearer)
- Respect the real limitation (3 mono channels at the same time + 1 noise channel) if you are recording from live input make sure to clean up your recorded note to avoid overlapping notes (Cubase again as a neat tool to do this) the converter will do this for you but you have no control over it. the only time you will be allowed to use chord in one channel only is by using the 2nd arpegiattor (MIDI arp in SPSG)
- Once recorded, set each SPSG instance to MIDI out enable, Volume on CC#7
- Open some MIDI tracks and set their input to be the corresponding instance of SPSG and fire play/record
- Next merge the MIDI notes with the Volume/Pitch Data tracks you have just recorded
- Make sure each channel is set to the correct MIDI channel and export the MIDI file
- Load the MIDI file into the converter, adjust settings and click CONVERT :D
Converting FMDrive VST tracks - Midi to VGM -YM2612
Basically you will need a DAW that let you record the MIDI output from FMDrive VST.If you do not use registers automation you can go on, if you plan to do, you have to load first the GenMDM preset first (included into the converter pack), this is an INIT preset that will also map each controls to the appropriate MIDI Control Change number to use the converter.
A text file is provided into the package with some more infos.
I will make a video soon anyway!
1st Example without automation
So here we go, first fire your DAW and load 2 instances of FMDrive for a start.Make sure to load the GenMDM preset first to replace the Init preset, the mapping will remain even if you change presets.
Now make a nice bass sound or import a tfi preset as a basis and tweak it, record a part, make sure it is mono. If you plan to have chords you have to split it onto multiple channels, one note per channel (there are some free MIDI plugins that would do that for you :) I will find the name and put a link here later)
Once done make sure to save your preset as a .tfi somewhere (you can save it in the converters TFI folder for example)
Now do the same with the other instance of FMDrive, do whatever you want but make sure it is mono.
You should now have 2 tracks and have saved 2 tfi presets.
Now it is time to configure the presets for the converter, for that you will use 2612edit.exe
Basically you will have the option to attach your presets to MIDI patch numbers, in GM MIDI the first patch is named : Acoustic Grand Piano so let's say you have saved a preset called Ch1.tfi you need to attached that .tfi preset to Acoustic Grand Piano (MIDI program 1) so when the converter will process your exported MIDI ans see Midi Program 1 attached to a channel it will use the .tfi preset.
It is a bit hard to understand at first but very easy in use.
Process like this >> 2612edit.exe>> import instrument from file>> select TFM/VGI instrument(*.tfi,*.vgi)>> go to your preset folder double click on the .tfi and click OK
Next repeat the process and import your second preset into the bank, then select the second MIDI instrument 'Bright Acoustic Piano' and map it to your second freshly imported tfi preset.
Next save this bank as Instruments.gyb (overwrite the existing one) this bank will be used by MIDI2VGM.
Now it is time to set up your MIDI file in your DAW.
Basically at this point you have 2 FMDrive channels with MIDI notes, save your song just in case.
Now for a cleaner view open 2 new MIDI only tracks and copy the MIDI notes part of each FMDrive channel to its respective MIDI channel.
At this point you can get rid of the FMDrive VST instances.
You should only have 2 MIDI tracks left.
Let's adjust the MIDI parameters of the MIDI channels, set one to output on MIDI channel 1 and the other to MIDI channel 2, set the first track to the first MIDI program 1 (or 0 depending on the MIDI implementation of your DAW) and the second track to MIDI program 2 (or 1 if the first was 0)
By doing this, if you are still following, the first program will be mapped to the first tfi preset and so on, this is the mapping we did in 2612.exe
(If you have used any pitchbend make sure to add CC#6 with a value corresponding to the pitchbend range set in FMDrive for that track/channel) basically add a MIDI event at the beginning of the channel: CC#6 value= 12 (if pitchbend was 12 semitones)
This is also a good time to verify any PAN parameter.
Now you are ready to export the MIDI file, once done copy the MIDI file in the same folder as midi2vgm.exe then launch midi2vgm.exe and load your MIDI file.
Set it like so: GenMDM Controllers ticked, volume slider to 127.
Select your MIDI file and first make sure no channels have overlapping notes by clicking on 'Force Note Off if.'
Now click Convert and.WAIT it IS SLOW that's Vintage ahaha :)
Done, the VGM should be next to your original MIDI file.
2st Example with automation
Remember to first load the GenMDM preset before creating any sound! (you could also simply MIDIlearn manually the parameters you are planning to use using the provided MIDI CC MAP in the converter pack.)Make sure you save your sound as a tfi preset BEFORE you applied any automation, this will make sure your starting point is still the same.
Now let's use the same track or make another one but let's record some registers automation, like Modulator operators levels :), write some crazy automation or use the FMDrive GUI and move sliders while recording automation.
Once done, repeat the process above.
PS: remember that using automation will create a lot of busy state for the real hardware YM2612 so stay gentle if you plan to use it alongside a lot of PCM samples and the whole 5 channels.
3rd Example with DAC and PCM samples (.Wav)
You can use the DAC channel to have samples playing, again think of it as mono, one sample at the time.
You can use the same samples you are using in FMDrive with the DAC function. So let's make a drum track with FMDrive using the DAC, import 2 samples into SLOT1 and SLOT2, let's say kick and snare, make a beat.
Save this as MIDI with the channel set to 10 (see above)
now copy your .wav samples you used into FMDrive into the DAC folder of the converter and edit the DAC.ini file with a text editor and use this code: ( the H24, H26 are Hexadecimal notation for MIDI notes btw)
; Bass Drum H
[&H24]
File = DACYourKickFileName.wav
Freq = 0
; Snare Drum M
[&H26]
File = DACYourSnareFileName.wav
Freq = 0
Now convert your MIDI file with mid2vgm.exe, it is by default set to search for DAC on channel 10 and disabling channel 6 FM part (you now about this if you know YM2612)
To sum up you can use all of the above together to convert a full blown 5 FM channels + 1 DAC channels track.
Again I will make some video for it, I know it is not the easiest thing but you should make it work with a bit of use.
Please do not ask for much support as it is a free set of tools and I am MEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (say it reaching a very high note) busy, so if any questions make sure you tried everything before sending mails :DMerging FM & PSG
Blinn Vst Free Download
You can merge the FM part made with FMDrive VST and the PSG part made with SPSG VST to make a complete Sega Megadrive Song, the tool in use is vgmmerge.exe, it will merge both VGM.To edit your VGM files (naming etc) use VGMtool.exe
(infos inside)
More info will come next regarding how to play a VGM onto the real console.
That was a long post!
