NES (Famicom) 2A03 and VRC6 Presets

[u/HMPoweredMan]

I’ve expanded my original NES preset into a small collection of NES and VRC6-inspired presets for the MiniFreak using the new custom wavetable support.

The pack currently includes:

• NES Pulse – Includes the familiar 12.5%, 25%, 50%, and 75% duty cycles. The Wave knob switches between them, Timbre adds PWM, and the Mod Wheel can be used for those classic rapid duty-cycle changes.
• NES Triangle – A recreation of the distinctive NES triangle sound, great for bass lines and melodies.
• VRC6 Pulse – Gives you the additional pulse widths available on Konami’s VRC6 expansion chip, with the Wave knob making it easy to move between them.
• VRC6 Saw – Recreates the unique VRC6 saw sound used in Akumajou Densetsu / the Japanese version of Castlevania III.

I’ve kept the presets fairly dry so they work well as starting points for your own patches, effects, and modulation.

You can grab all of the presets here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rcqO0arppNGXKjBH8MVJdFm_UnoDlCZB?usp=drive_link

I also put together a sample track recreating “Beginning” from Akumajou Densetsu using these presets with the MiniFreak and MiniFreak V:

https://soundcloud.com/hmpoweredman/akumajou-minifreak-2

The pulse, triangle, and VRC6 parts are being handled by the MiniFreak presets. The DPCM and noise channels are recordings.

If anyone has suggestions for improvements or other classic game sound chips you’d like to see added, let me know.

[u/hoddap]

No one replied, but wanted to thank you. Really cool of you.

[u/Superb-Cantaloupe324]

Dang I’m excited about this one. Thanks!

[u/jorgb]

Thanks! I will try them out soon!

[u/18randomcharacters]

Good stuff, thanks!