This demo captures the Atari 2600 synthesizer in action.

This is a video demo of Microsia – an interactive sound game/tool which lets you dive into a plant cell to explore the sound of the microcosm.

Within the cell there are a multiplicity of cell particles which you can manipulate to generate music and visual effects. The particles’ interplay creates new audio-visual compositions again and again.

System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista, 1.8GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users), 64 MB Graphics Card, DirectX-compatible sound card

A demo version of Microsia is available.

Description:

Beaterator is a portable studio that guides users through the process of constructing beats and songs with thousands of loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar.

You can jam in Live Play mode with genre-specific templates, or jump into Song Crafter to compose original drum beats, melodies, and even record vocals.

Beaterator is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will also be available later this fall on the iPhone and iPod touch.

More info is available at the Rockstargames site.

Of what?

Old skool computer game sounds.

The sample collection contains 374 retro style computer games one shots and hits. Jumps, bangs, wizzes, etc. Accoring to HHR, the samples are great when tuned, stretched, chopped and used as part of your drum tracks.

Download it here.

OT: This is the trailer video for High Strangeness, a 12 bit action / adventure video game for the PC about:

crystal skulls
shadow people
flashlight wielding teenagers
string theory
chaos theory
multiverses
dimensional physics
and a talking cat

Note the soundtrack on this – it’s reminiscent of some of Vangelis’ early work, such as Nucleogenesis, from Albedo 0.39.

List Universe has published an interesting look at the top 10 soundtracks created on the Amiga computer.

#4, above, is State of the Art (at least for 1992):

State of the Art is another demonstration of the sound and graphical capabilities of the Amiga, using advanced programming techniques to combine silhouette dancers with hardware generated special effects – one of the very first sources to do so to such an extent. The music is in the hardcore rave style that was very popular at that time, using many high quality synth sounds and modern sounding rhythms; which seems to complement the presentation to a tee.

See the full list here.

In case you’ve been locked in a recording studio – Spore is a new video game that simulates the evolution of creatures from single-cell organisms through the space age. Ambient music artist and superproducer Brian Eno played a significant role in the development of the game’s music.

“In the first phone conversations with him, he really got the idea that the music was always changing, that it would be procedural, and he was really excited about it,” said Kent Jolly, audio director for Maxis/Electronic Arts. “Within a week of talking to him, without having set up anything, he sent us a full CD or more of stuff, and some of it was made right then, not just things he found on his computer, which was pretty amazing.”

There is some more traditional music in Spore (Jolly compares the Eno compositions to his 1983 album Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks), but those songs also mutate.

“I’m interested in the idea of games creating original music,” adds Jolly. “It allows you to write interactive music in ways that are very difficult to do when you’re licensing music.”

This is a demo of Rock Band Drum Synthesizer.

via prognostics:

How to turn you rock band drums into synth drums. It’s really fun and easy.

Go to – andrewrudson.com.

What you need -Rock Band Drums (USB connectable drums)Laptop / Computer Drums Sticks

AudiOdyssey is a free experimental computer game designed to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers.

AudiOdyssey was developed with four research goals:

• The visually-impaired and the sighted can enjoy the same level and quality of gameplay
• Navigate game’s menus with ease and efficiency approaching that of conventional user-interfaces (UIs)
• Create a fun and natural control scheme using the Wiimote
• An engaging game that relies more on high quality audio than visuals

Description:

The user stars as Vinyl Scorcher, an up-and-coming DJ, on his quest to get club patrons dancing. Swinging the Nintendo Wii controller to the beat, Vinyl lays down the various component tracks of a song, and keeps the party jumping. If he does an especially good job, he can even freestyle!

via AudioPornCentral

ONE MAN ZELDA BAND!!!

This is sort of horrible and awesome at the same time.

MattyGtheMusician plays the theme song from The Legend of Zelda on 3 instruments at the same time.

This video was filmed around February/March 2007 and was Matty G the Musician’s first ever One Man Band video.

Using the original synth chip from the 1980’s video arcade game Space Invaders, ElectroKraft has captured the familiar, yet otherworldly sounds of classic video games.

Tony Amendolare from ElectroKraft.com is creating experimental electronic instruments and effects that are influenced by the burgeoning new sounds in the areas of chip music, experimental electronica, noise and circuit bending.

Audio Samples:

• spacesynth1_001.mp3
• spacesynth2_002.mp3

Space Invaders in a Synthesizer Sound Chip:

“I have recently discovered a marvelous synthesizer chip that was developed in the late 70’s and used in the video arcade games of the 1980’s, such as Space Invaders. These are sounds I remember as a kid and they’re the sounds electronic musicians are seeking to incorporate into new music. People are currently using old Atari video game consoles, Commodore 64’s and Game Boy’s to create a new form of music using vintage video game sounds.”

“The sound generator chip I’m using in the Space*Synth is wired so that you can recreate all of the sounds of “Space Invaders” and other video games of the 1980’s such as “Pong”, “Donkey Kong” and “Asteroids”. In addition to these video game sounds you can also easily create a host of other “alien” sounds and effects.”

Instrument Input & VCO Input

You can use the Space*Synth as a stand alone space synthesizer or plug in a guitar, bass, vocals or any other electronic musical instrument and have the Space*Synth process the signal. There is also a VCO input jack where you can plug in another synthesizer or oscillator to create a ring modulation effect.

Miscellaneous

• Standard 1/4″ in/out jacks.
• Runs on 9 Volt battery or 9 Volt universal adapter power jack.
• Encased in an aluminum modular box.

Direct & Immediate purchasing at: http://www.ElectroKraft.com

List: $189.00