Pawel Goralski aka Saulot (of Chosneck magazine fame) announced a new hardware extension.
Saulot writes:
NokturnFM are cartridges for your Atari ST (and compatible) that add FM sound capability to your system. See it as adding Adlib to your Atari ST since it has OPL2 (YM3812) or OPL3 (YM262-M) on board depending on cartridge type.
A lot of 8-bit and 16-bit systems used to have OPL options as well. There were Adlib / Sound Blaster sound cards for PC, computer peripherials on MSX computers, C64, arcade games as well as Yamaha synthesizers. Even Atari ST had it's own 'FM Melody Cart' with cost reduced OPL2 soundchip.
Here is an example video:
Diving into that Dune soundtrack by Stephane Picq is highly recommended btw :-)
From 8th September 2025 until 10th October 2025 12.00 C.E.T. both cartridges can beย preordered on the project website.ย Production run is planned shortly afterwards.ย
๐ย Read more about the project on the Nokturnal website
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