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A #3c93 talk from @giulioz, about reverse-engineering the Roland #jp8000 synth, including figuring out its proprietary DSP architecture from scratch:
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-from-silicon-to-darude-sand-storm-breaking-famous-synthesizer-dsps
They've made a plugin that emulates a 100% accurate JP8K (just bring firmware), and uses a JIT compiler to make it run acceptably (the beast had 4 DSP chips in series, running at 2x the CD sample rate).
https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/je8086/
(I had a JP8K in the 90s and have fond memories of its sounds.)