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title: Install OPL3 RetroWave MIDI Player on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of OPL3 RetroWave MIDI Player for Linux - Play
  MIDI on a RetroWave OPL3 board, PC speakers, or external MIDI
url: https://snapcraft.io/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm
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# OPL3 RetroWave MIDI Player (retro-midi-player-opl3-gm)

[Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)")

* [Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)")
* [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.1.2

Install latest/stable of OPL3 RetroWave MIDI Player

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install retro-midi-player-opl3-gm
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* retro-midi-player-opl3-gm

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 23 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm")
* [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo")

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### Contact

* [github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm#tab-security)

#### Play MIDI on a RetroWave OPL3 board, PC speakers, or external MIDI

MIDI file player with three ways to hear your music. Pick one with the OUT button and switch at any time:

* **PC speakers**: authentic Yamaha OPL3 FM sound, the Sound Blaster-era chip of 90s PC games, synthesized with libADLMIDI and an accurate OPL3 emulator. No extra hardware needed.
* **RetroWave OPL3 Express board**: the same FM synthesis played on a real YMF262 chip over USB, register for register, for genuine hardware sound.
* **External MIDI synth**: the original MIDI (including SysEx) sent through ALSA to a General MIDI module or synth (Roland SC-55, Yamaha MU, etc.), which plays it with its own voices.

**Features**

* Dozens of built-in OPL3 instrument banks from classic games and sound drivers (AIL, HMI, DMX, Apogee, Windows 9x and more), switchable while a song plays
* Live 18-channel OPL3 visualizer in three styles (LED, neon, spectrum). Click a channel to mute it, right-click to solo it
* Winamp-style playlist: load whole folders (optionally with subfolders), shuffle, repeat one track or the whole list, click the progress bar to seek
* Tempo control, keyboard shortcuts, and settings that are remembered between runs

PC audio, display and home-folder access work automatically. For the board or an external synth, connect the matching interface once:

* `snap connect retro-midi-player-opl3-gm:serial-port # RetroWave OPL3 board`
* `snap connect retro-midi-player-opl3-gm:alsa # external MIDI device`

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## Install OPL3 RetroWave MIDI Player on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/retro-midi-player-opl3-gm/ubuntu)