Gameboy Genius

Gameboy Genius nitro2k01 has a vision for the future of modular synthesis, and it’s the ModularDuino – An Arduino based modular synthesizer.

If that sounds like a lot of supernatural mumbo-jumbo, the Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.

People are using the Arduino to do all sorts of freaky DIY stuff, so it’s only meet and right that synth DIY’ers should bend this to their will, too. The above audio sample, Funky Arduino Acid, documents the unholy marriage between the Arduinoscillator and the Serge modular synthesizer. 

nitro2k01 hopes to develop the Arduino as a low-cost component for modular synthesizer users. Arduino hackers should check out the Gameboy Genius site for more info. Read more…

Gameboy Genius has shared a collection of free lo-fi samples:

Here’s a bunch of loopable samples of essential chip sounds (Square, PWM, sawtooth, triangle, sine wave+a couple of variations) Works on NitroTracker or any other tracker that supports .wav samples.

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Note: It’s compressed as a .rar archive.