The construction and installation of the Highly Liquid MIDI2600 MIDI interface board into a fully functional Atari 2600. Features: Translates incoming MIDI notes to joystick or keypad control signals for any Atari 2600 console MIDI-controlled Select & Reset outputs Powered by game console—separate power supply not required User-selected MIDI input channel Power and activity LEDs… Read More Adding A MIDI Interface To An Atari 2600
A video for an 8-BIT version of “Angel of Death” by Slayer. Somebody’s got some serious time on their hands. via Coilhouse
Sebastian Tomczak (Little Scale) has put together a fantastic tutorial on how to prep samples and create LSDJ kits. LSDJ is an app designed to turn a Game Boy/Game Boy Color into a full-fledged music workstation. To create your own sample kits for LSDJ, you’ll need several apps: Bias PEAK (5.2) Apple QuickTime Pro (7.55) LSDJ… Read More How to Prepare Samples And Create LSDJ Kits
Robo-Bot Records has release a free album of Nine Inch Nails covers by 8-bit chiptune artists, Nine Chip Nails. The compilation was organized at the 8 Bit Collective forum. Tracks: Little-scale: The day the world went away SCSI: Down In It Microchip: Survivalism Kyotosapian: Heresy Subway Sonicbeat: Eraser Hartfelt: Hurt The download is available from… Read More Free Album Of 8-Bit Nine Inch Nails Covers
Little-Scale demos NanoGroover – a device that generates Nanoloop sync data for two Gameboys, letting you sync them in some interesting ways: Two in the time of four (double speed) Three in the time of four (three against four cross rhythms) Four in the time of four (1:1; the sync is equal) Five in the… Read More NanoGroover – The Hardware Approach To 8-bit Triplets
hard plAYer is an DIY 8 bit tunes hardware player, which allows you to listen to the same melodies you could listen to in some of the 80’s home computers and videogame consoles. In future versions, it will also work as MIDI synthesizer. Its audio sound generator porcessor is the General Instruments AY-3891X – the same one… Read More DIY Project Updates Vintage 8-Bit Game Sound
Arduino inside a Gameboy DMG for MIDI communication. Shows off example of custom midi -> gameboy cart.
Following an early morning status check of their vintage electronic equipment, two computer engineers “throw down” in an awkward dance-off that seems to (inaccurately) echo the development of information technology and the Internet from 1951 up to the present day (!?). This is the second film by Superbrothers, and features a fun retronica soundtrack by Jim Guthrie. If you… Read More Superbrothers’ Dot Matrix Revolution
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. Download Note: It’s compressed as a .rar archive.
Tony Amendolare at ElectroKraft has created a unique new music controller for the NES, the Sonic DrumAxe. Tony’s always coming up with unusual instruments (see our previous ElectroKraft coverage), and the Sonic DrumAxe is no exception. The Sonic DrumAxe is a controller that connects to the Nintendo NES video game system. Used with the Super… Read More Sonic DrumAxe Turns NES Into 8-Bit Percussion Instrument
