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Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab coat and find out how you can incorporate old gear into your own productions.

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The OPL2 Audio Board is fun and easy board to get started with an OPL2 synthesizer. It is built around the YM3812 OPL2 chip that gives you 9 channels with 2-operators each to produce the classic OPL2 ...

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