RetroPlug
A frontend for the SameBoy GameBoy emulator, with a focus on music creation. It runs standalone and can be used as an audio plugin (VST) in your favourite DAW! (by tommitytom)
mGB
mGB - Nintendo Gameboy MIDI control for Arduinoboy (by trash80)
| RetroPlug | mGB | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | |
| 280 | 212 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 2 months ago | about 2 years ago | |
| C++ | Assembly | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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RetroPlug
Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroPlug.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-11.
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Big update to my free Gameboy VST, Soraboy! (+ FL Project file)
If you are wanting a VST that can run roms, checkout RetroPlug! (I am yet to try it, but I've heard it's good)
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Looking for Retroplug MacOS beta
Per title, i'm wondering if anyone here has the beta of Retroplug for Mac.
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Newly downloaded plugin not showing in Reaper
Hi, me again! I recently learned about Little Sound Dj, and I'm excited to mess around with it. I downloaded the VST from here and added it to my VST folder. When I opened Reaper, I could not find the VST. I re-scanned my plugin folder and it still wasn't showing up.
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LSDJ - Modded gameboy or Ambernik?
If you've got a gamepad, (or don't mind using the keyboard in an emulator) try this https://github.com/tommitytom/RetroPlug
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"FL_Studio isn't good at emulating Gameboy hardware"
This is done by using the emulator sameboy, being wrapped into a VST, then integrated into FL. The wrapper is called retroplug, and was created by tommitytom on GitHub. https://github.com/tommitytom/RetroPlug. The plugin is meant to be used for LSDJ (a tracker that runs on Gameboy hardware) to be able to run in traditional DAW's. However, it's still a fully functioning emulator, meaning any .gb can be run on it, including Pokemon.
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How to get into this in 2021?
Lastly, if you want to play in an emulator, I highly recommend RetroPlug. It is tailor-made for LSDJ and has a TON of awesome extra LSDJ-specific features.
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Whats your favorite VST for making NES style 8bit music?
Retroplug (https://github.com/tommitytom/RetroPlug) is pretty rad. Dowload the mGB ROM (https://github.com/trash80/mGB) and you’ve got anear perfect gameboy sound!
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Hi Huge Question! I'm looking to make my music live! I need Help!
One solution you might look into is the VST RetroPlug. It's a GB emulator in a VST, so you could load it into the DAW, boot up mGB on it, and then you can control that with a MIDI controller.
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UVI "8-Bit Synth" collection of sounds created with Commodore 64, Game Boy, SID Station, Mod Machine and more for UVI Workstation/Falcon - Intro Price ($59) through 8 February
If you just want to do simple stuff, there are 2 good free options: YMCK Magical 8bit Plug, or if you want more authentic, RetroPlug (a VST gameboy emulator) with mGB as a ROM. If you just want to play basic notes/arpeggios controlled from your DAW these will do the job just fine.
- im a newbie and need help, yeah pretty generic aint it?
mGB
Posts with mentions or reviews of mGB.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-21.
- Console-Based Music Tools (Gameboy-Centric)
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suggestions for hardware synths that make videogame/ chip tune sounds
My chiptune setup for years has been an arduinoboy connected to an original gameboy running an mGB cartridge hooked up to a MIDI keyboard/interface of some sort. Something like this using a keystep37 would give you a very portable, playable, and decently affordable chip tune setup with lots of modulation and some sequencing options!
- Quick question does anyone here have any experience flashing this ROM onto any GB Cartdridges? I’m attempting to make a Synth out of gameboys
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Whats your favorite VST for making NES style 8bit music?
Retroplug (https://github.com/tommitytom/RetroPlug) is pretty rad. Dowload the mGB ROM (https://github.com/trash80/mGB) and you’ve got anear perfect gameboy sound!
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My first full track, sequencing Elektron Model:Cycles and a Gameboy (DMG-01).
I'm using this device from catskull electronics to send midi to the DMG. The gameboy is running mGB.
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My first time doing chiptune on actual hardware (DMG-01)
I got the Polyend Tracker for Christmas and am using it here to sequence a Gameboy via the arduinoboy from https://catskullelectronics.com/. The gameboy is running mGB. I'm also using an Elektron Model:Cycles to add some fm sounds.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing RetroPlug and mGB you can also consider the following projects:
JUCE - JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, LV2 and AAX audio plug-ins.
nitrotracker - A Fasttracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS
lsdpack - Standalone LSDj recorder+player
hUGEBuild - refactoring of a hUGEDriver, make it work with new SDCC and GBDK-2020 library
helio-sequencer - One music sequencer for all major platforms, desktop and mobile
Arduinoboy - Official ArduinoBoy Repository for serial MIDI communication to the Nintendo Gameboy.
olive - Free open-source non-linear video editor
hUGEDriver - An easy-to-use, fast, tracker-based, public domain sound driver for Game Boy homebrew
dexed - DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin
mmlgb - MML to Game Boy parser and driver
Droneboy - Drone music application for Gameboy
tobutobugirl-dx - An arcade platformer homebrew game for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy