Opl3 Rhodes blues / jazz

This is a video of a midi file being played on an opl3 synthesizer chip. The computer is running Windows 3.1 and has the Voyetra Super SAPI! fm driver. The instrument is the Rhodes piano which is not sampled but is synthesized via the FM chip. There are some effects applied too.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• opl3
• voyetra
• super sapi
• rhodes
• blues
• jazz
• FM synthesizer
• synthesizer
• synth

[MrXnews2]

Very good! This MIDI file, JSBLUES.MID [or similar], was included with OS/2 Warp 3 & 4, as well as OS/2 2.21 with Multimedia.

[opl3toshiba]

@MrXnews2 That's right it's jsblues.mid! I got this file from OS/2 Warp 4 on an old IBM 486 desktop many years ago. I like to use the OS/2 midi files to demo synthesizers because most of them were actually played on a real keyboard unlike most midi files that just use the written music.

[mirkuskus]

Awesome playing man. Really need to know how to get that nice sound of the EP. Its nicely chorused. Very cool sound. Sounds a bit like RD1000. Please let me know hot to do it or where to download it. What is exactly the Opl 3. Is it hardware or software?

[MrXnews2]

@opl3toshiba No wonder they sound so good! Did IBM make the MIDIs themselves, or did they contract them out like Microsoft did for Canyon.mid/Passport.mid?

[mima14031985]

Here the OPL3 synth truly sings. Cool!

[Eep386]

Finally! Something which makes use of the OPL3's rarely used features to give rather DX-7 styled instrument sounds.

[RodBeauvex]

Again, most impressive.