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Cheerful Electronic

710 orders since Jun 02, 2017

Helmond, NB, Netherlands

Ships from Netherlands.

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Product: (4.94)

Documentation: (4.62)

Shipping: (4.74)

Communication: (4.77)

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Brian | Feb. 27, 2023

What a joy!

The OPL3 Duo works exactly as advertised and the examples are very easy to get working. The Arduino library seamlessly gives access to all voices so you don’t have to track and manage which chip is playing.

Marten | Feb. 16, 2023

Excellent OPL midi studio

I received the assembled kit in just a few days after ordering it and communication with the seller was very cordial.

A while ago, I bought the OPL3 midi board from the same seller - it was a nice little board but difficult to work with and I didn't have a fitting enclosure. With this OPL Studio I do have a nice enclosure for it and a MIDI controller unit that gives a ton of options. The little screen is workable (with the provided plastic pen) and everything is very nicely made - with a sturdy but functional build quality.

There is a 44-page manual available which goes over all the main options. I look forward to experimenting with this device!

Jonathan | May 12, 2022

Awesome kit!

For Indoor & Outdoor Thermometer Kit

A blast to put together, clear and concise instructions and fun to see the animations! There's a very slight flicker on the two smaller displays (min-max), but it's not distracting enough to be a bother. The animations are amazing - I find myself just watching and waiting for the next one to happen. Everything about this kit is well thought out and I couldn't be happier with it!!

Ross | Oct. 10, 2021

Fantastic little board

For OPL2 Audio Board

The board is easy to solder. It's well documented and designed. Lot's of potential uses, definitely recommended.

Ryan | Aug. 2, 2021

nice layout and sounds great!

For OPL2 Audio Board

I bought this board for my Opera Rotas drum machine kit, great clear instructions and well layed out board.
works great and sounds awesome!
Shipping was slow but there is a warning on the page due to covid restrictions.
Thank you!

Vsevolod | July 27, 2021

Awesome board!

My plan is to make a diy version of Akemie's Castle, an FM synthesizer using YMF262 chips. While researching the chips, I discovered this product, and ordered it. It came within 1-2 weeks to the US, and I am amazed it survived international shipping. All the examples work perfectly out of the box! Together with the awesome library of examples from DhrBaksteen's Github page, I think my project will be very feasible. Great product and great value, brought to the Arduino ecosystem!

Rachel | July 14, 2021

Love it!

For OPL2 Audio Board

This little board has been so much fun. Great library and sample code made it easy to get up and running.

Cyril | July 12, 2021

Perfect, thx.

For OPL2 Audio Board

Easy to assemble, well documented, this is a good product, good quality, it works very well, i recommend it

Robert | April 1, 2021

Super nice kit

For OPL2 Audio Board

OPL2 was the first computer generated music I made when I was younger. So nice to have this as a module now. Works perfect.

Jason | Feb. 27, 2021

Works Great!

For OPL2 Audio Board

I was a little disappointed the YM3812 was sanded and repainted; most are nowadays but I had hopes. The device and documentation are spot on. I have no complaints and it fits my needs perfectly! Didn't have a need to communicate with seller since documentation was well put together. I'm happy with the purchase!

Shipping was less than 3 weeks from order to arrival.

Jason | Feb. 27, 2021

Works Great!

It works as advertised and the documentation is really well put together. Integration was easy and the sound is great!

Shipping time was less than 3 weeks from order to arrival.

Alex | Jan. 26, 2021

It's great!

Works as advertised, good library + demos on github. Seller is responsive to pull requests + issues on github as well.

Tim | Jan. 22, 2021

double the fun!

I admittedly haven't really had too much of a chance to play with this board beyond example sketches to just verify it works, but side-by-siding the demo song against the opl2 audio board, i imagine it must be what it felt like to upgrade a sound blaster 2.0 to an awe32 or adlib gold.

Tim | Jan. 22, 2021

impossibly delightful

For OPL2 Audio Board

This brought me right back to my sound blaster 2.0, precisely as i had hoped. instant nostalgia. very simple to get up and running on an arduino. shipping was unexpectedly fast, precisely 20 days from order to delivery in USA. can't truly rate communication because i've had none with the genius who creates these, but given the quality of everything else i can't imagine it'd be less than stellar, so i extrapolated based on the github repo readme and issue tracker.

Minsung | Jan. 14, 2021

Easy, works perfectly!

It's a great product.
I want to thank the creators.
Excellent sound quality, easy assembly, and functionality.

Jacob | Sept. 23, 2020

Great board

For OPL2 Audio Board

Beautiful and easy to assemble all-through-hole PCB. Great example code available through the Arduino app and on GitHub. It’s especially nice that a second set of chips is optionally available.

Vaclav | Sept. 9, 2020

Easy to build, works perfectly!

For OPL2 Audio Board

Great little kit, comes with nicely done documentation. Easy to build, since all components are THT. The kit I built worked out of the box, the examples and library listed at GitHub page worked with my Arduino Nano Every without problems...
In less than two hours since opening the package with the parts I've been playing my favorite VGM tunes from SD card, that's a success I think! (Again, via an example provided by the library.) Thank you!

Erik | Aug. 31, 2020

This is a pretty cool project and was fun to build

For OPL2 Audio Board

It's a pretty straight forward layout and worked with my Arduino IDE with the Arduino UNO board. The only critique would be to add a second set of power (5V and ground) pins along with a second Data and Shift pins (MOSI and SCK respectively) for hooking up a microSD card breakout board for the UNO, but even without it, it was still easy to hook that up as well. Loving the old Ultima 6 tunes!

Romain | Aug. 17, 2020

Simply perfect !!!

For OPL2 Audio Board

Thanks for the fast shipping !! Perfect product for synth or drum machine... very efficient !! Easy built !

Philip | Aug. 13, 2020

Fantastic!

For OPL2 Audio Board

Shipped fast, extremely well-documented, easy to assemble, and worked immediately. Very cool gadget!

Greg | Aug. 12, 2020

Awesome board, easy to assemble. Great documentation.

For OPL2 Audio Board

Very well designed and easy to assemble board. Worked first go. Special thanks for using IC sockets, this made it less stressful for a kid to assemble.

Documentation, Libraries and examples are first rate and extremely helpful.

Many thanks for designing and making this kit available.

Considering the current shipping conditions, it arrived from NL -> AUS quite quickly.

Justin | Aug. 5, 2020

Exactly as advertised, and got here quicker than I expected!

For OPL2 Audio Board

Everything in the box that I ordered and a really nice PCB with great instructions. I am excited to mount this on another project I'm working on that will hopefully arrive soon. Also shipping was a bit quicker than I expected given everything going on.

Seyed Poorya | May 26, 2020

great product; extremely easy to build

For OPL2 Audio Board

There is a reason this board has became reference for enthusiasts. assembly guide; parts were perfect. the best part is software library and endless possibilities that come with it.

Marc | April 13, 2020

Amazing product!

For OPL2 Audio Board

It's quite amazing to hear some of that old game music playing with such clarity through modern speakers. Wish I had, had this setup back in the day. Great product and great communication from a seller that clearly cares about the product they have produced. Now to make a fun project with the board. Thanks

Boyko | April 3, 2020

Recommended

For OPL2 Audio Board

Excellent product! The documentation is quite clear, easy to assemble, easy to test with the example, fast shipping!

Thomas | March 15, 2020

Very useful board

For OPL2 Audio Board

Board is easy to build. The example software is a good guide to devolopements of your own. Really nice!

Snorre | March 3, 2020

Great board!

For OPL2 Audio Board

This was a great evening project. Everything was included, the instructions were concise, the code samples readable and everything worked on the first try,

Anthony | Feb. 15, 2020

Love it

For OPL2 Audio Board

Arrived very fast, I'm very thankful for this fully assembled kit, saved me so much time. Assembled easy, but the pinout instructions on the printed info (included with the kit) for the Teensy++ 2.0 was A0-> C6 and I got no sound, whereas this page (https://github.com/DhrBaksteen/ArduinoOPL2/wiki/Connecting) has the A0 connecting to E1 and Voila I had Sound !!! I'm aware these settings can be changed in software but this is for people ( like me ) who aren't very familiar with Teensy programming. I had no luck with the OSX version of the Opl3 bank Editor program, but I tried it on a PC running XP. I needed to install the Teensy Usb driver found here: https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/serial_install.exe. got the OPl3 bank editor running, it recognizes my new Com port, I load Instruments.. and every instrument had a slight distortion ( a fizzy/hissing sound) most obvious with quieter instruments. I tried adjusting the volume pot on the board but it's present at any volume.

UPDATE:
Maarten contacted me with info on how to test the LM386 amplifier chip which appears to be damaged making that noise. Now I can hear a beautiful clean signal produced by that fantastic YM3812, I'm so happy now. Thank you Mr. Janssen you are a genius.

Response from Cheerful Electronic | Feb. 16, 2020

Hi, can you please contact me directly to see how we can troubleshoot the issue you're having with the hissing?

Juan Carlos | Feb. 9, 2020

Super recomendable

For OPL2 Audio Board

The build is as easy as it can get.

It sounds 100% like the real thing, because it is the real thing, no emulators here.

And it comes with a lots of examples so you can use it with your arduino, teensy, rasperry and even with a OPL3 Bank Editor than runs in the computer. I had a little problem setting up this one ans Maarten has solved the doubth in no time.

Also, the packet arrived in less than a week and the packaging was delicious. So Im so happy with this board and I recommend it to anyone that is reading

Slavi | Feb. 9, 2020

Cannot stop smiling

For OPL2 Audio Board

Kit worked on the first try. Instructions couldn't be more clear. There's a whole library to work with. What more can you want? I've been sitting here resetting the Arduino for the past half hour just to hear the same demo melody again. 100/10 project and that's not a typo.

Daniel | April 13, 2019

Excellent quality, great fun kit.

For OPL2 Audio Board

This was just what I was looking for - aside from being a great nostalgia trip to revisit the music from games I enjoyed years ago, this kit is great for understanding more about how the hardware works, and experimenting with its capabilities. Since the board is essentially a nice serial interface to the YM3812 (plus a DAC and amplifier), you have full control over the chip.

The kit is very easy to assemble, with concise but clear instructions. I was concerned I might have to source the YM3812 and Y3014B chips myself but all the parts, including all the ICs and sockets, are included and carefully packaged.

There's comprehensive software support too - I haven't used it with an Arduino yet, but for Raspberry Pi there's a library that takes care of communication with the board and some great example code, including a player program that can handle a few different file formats. There are even a few sample tunes included, so it takes very little time to get up and running.

Very happy with my purchase!

Richard | Dec. 11, 2018

Great little board

For OPL2 Audio Board

Board arrived well packaged and quickly. The PCB is high quality and great value for the price. Was easily able to follow the instructions and example code to get the board up and running with an Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Now ordered a Teensy to explore Midi.

Gregory | Nov. 12, 2018

Really cool little board

For OPL2 Audio Board

Works great, super easy to assemble, and really cool to hear some real OPL2 tunes. I was pleasantly surprised to find a complete set of IC sockets supplied even though the assembly instructions mention them as optional. I look forward to getting it up and running as a MIDI controlled device. Remarkably, it runs fine on a 3.3V supply being controlled and powered by a Teensy 3.5.

Timothy | Sept. 20, 2018

Great quality and fun to build

For OPL2 Audio Board

I put this together while on discord with my friend. It was really easy and then I got to listen to some nice chip tunes when I was finished. Connected it to the adafruit metro, same as the Uno. Worked great, wiring was easy enough too.

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