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Low Level Emulation of classic VA synths & effects of the late 90s/2000s by emulating the used ICs

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Low Level Emulation of classic VA synths & effects of the late 90s/2000s by emulating the used ICs

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Low Level Emulation of classic VA synths & effects of the late 90s/2000s

This project emulates the used ICs of various musical devices to run the original firmware - aka ROM - as audio plugins.

The supported plugin formats are FST, VST3, AU, CLAP and LV2.

Supported architectures: 64 bit x86 aka x64 and ARM aarch64 (Raspberry Pi, Apple Silicon). Note that 32 bit architectures are not supported!

Platforms: Windows 7+, macOS 10.13+, Linux

At the moment, the following devices are supported:

  • Osirus: Access Virus A,B,C
  • OsTIrus: Access Virus TI/TI2/Snow
  • Vavra: Waldorf microQ
  • Xenia: Waldorf Microwave II/XT
  • Nodal Red 2x: Clavia Nord Lead/Rack 2x
  • JE-8086: Roland JP-8000
  • 88emu: Roland CM (CM-32P) and Sound Canvas family (SC-55, SC-88, SC-88pro, SC-8820, SC-8850 and variants)

Compiling

The emulator compiles on any platform that supports C++17.

The build system used is cmake.

cmake options

Variable Description Default
gearmulator_BUILD_JUCEPLUGIN Build Juce based audio plugins on
gearmulator_BUILD_JUCEPLUGIN_CLAP Build CLAP plugins on
gearmulator_BUILD_JUCEPLUGIN_LV2 Build LV2 plugins on
gearmulator_BUILD_FX_PLUGIN Additionally build FX versions of all plugins off

Additional options to select which devices to build:

Variable Description Default
gearmulator_SYNTH_OSIRUS Build Osirus on
gearmulator_SYNTH_OSTIRUS Build OsTIrus on
gearmulator_SYNTH_VAVRA Build Vavra on
gearmulator_SYNTH_XENIA Build Xenia on
gearmulator_SYNTH_NODALRED2X Build Nodal Red 2x on
gearmulator_SYNTH_JE8086 Build JE-8086 on
gearmulator_SYNTH_88EMU Build 88emu on

Join us on Discord

If you want to help or just want to follow the state of the project, feel free to join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/WJ9cxySnsM

Visit our Homepage

Visit our homepage for Audio and Video examples : The Usual Suspects Website

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PublishedAug 1, 2026
UpdatedSep 17, 2026
Category编程语言
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