In my fiction, the Digital Regulator is a digital wall clock whose design borrows elements from the iconic Regulator pendulum wall clock. Manufactured by Konokama Technology (KonoTech), the main face consists of two very large seven-segment red LED displays inside a hexagonal rosewood frame, while the electronic chime system and the clock set controls are situated in the cavity below the main face. The electronic chime system is built around two chips, the Yamaha YM21280 operator chip and the YM21290 envelope generator, both of which were salvaged from a water-damaged Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, bought as a parts-only unit by Seiji Konokama in 1985. That being said, it was fairly easy to port several DX7 bell presets over to the Digital Regulator. In low light conditions, a photoelectric sensor on the top of the face both mutes the chime section, and controls the display brightness. One has the option of either using the in-built Westminster chime sequence, or programming a custom sequence using any MIDI enabled keyboard or synthesizer, via the MIDI input and output ports on the front of the unit. Later models included multiple display colors and changeable display modules, which made customization easy for even the technologically inexperienced. For shelf-sized clocks, the smaller Yamaha YM3812 was used in place of the YM21280 and YM21290, while the Yamaha YMF262 was used in desk clocks; the YM3812 was also used in the AdLib sound card, while the YMF262 was also used on countless 1990s sound cards like the Creative SoundBlaster 16.

The cost of manufacturing the Digital Regulator was about 248,000 Gil (about US$1,995), which is the same as the original selling price of the first-generation DX7, and was prototyped just before the founding of SJK Corporation. The first Digital Regulator was created as a gift in April 1986 for the Fairborn Royal Family. To this day, the Digital Regulator hangs proudly above the thrones of Tyrone Fairfield and Arlene Osborn, the king and queen of Tolmekiya. More than 100,000,000 Digital Regulators have been manufactured and sold across Vasti since 1987, with more being manufactured each day.

The DX7 preset used in this demonstration is simply known as "BELLS", which is not to be confused with the more familiar "TUB BELLS" preset. I chose the former because I feel it sounds closer to the chimes in an everyday grandfather clock.

A pictorial representation of the Digital Regulator can be seen here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57217391/