Spherical Sound Society shared this demo of OMNICYCLONE, described as a “generative FM beat machine”.

At its core lies an OPL2 emulator that has been extensively modified to achieve things the original Yamaha chips couldn’t – like a fully stereo image. Some Yamaha chips of that era only offered hard-panned stereo (just center, left, or right). OMNICYCLONE provides 256 possible stereo positions.

The synth is controlled by 2 banks of parameters, plus a fully-featured global LFO and global parameters for controlling each of the ADSR stages. It also includes a variety of new generative strategies that are explained in the manual.

OMNICYCLONE is available in 3 versions:

• As a fully assembled unit.
• As a full kit that the user has to build.
• As a PCB + Programmed Microcontroller for advanced builders. The user has to source the rest of the components and build the synth.

See the developer’s site for details.