Arman Bohn has released SK-crooner, a free vocal synth for Windows based on the “human voice” of the Casio SK-1. “I loved this sound when I was growing up,” says Bohn, “very spooky and unnatural.” Features: Two separate modes: Original (modeled after the Casio SK-1) Tone held (for long notes) ADSR Amplitude Envelope Vibrato with… Read More Free Virtual Synth Recreates Casio SK-1
72RK specializes in awesome 8-Bit style mini videos for bands like New Order, Richie Hawtin, Portishead and event The Ramones.
Littlescale demos syncing Nanoloop, a real-time Gameboy sequencer/synth, to Ableton Live: Part 1 Nanoloop on a Gameboy (whose audio is coming in on track 2) is synchronised to the drums playing in Ableton (track 1). This is to test out a new interface I have been working on that syncs Nanoloop to a MIDI clock.… Read More Sync Nanoloop To Ableton Live
I posted earlier about a free Commodore 64 synth VST. Pretty much instantaneously, reader BlueBrat let me know about a free Atari synth VST for Windows. YMVST emulates the Atari’s built-in YM2149 sound chip, and sounds pretty awesome, too. Preview the YMVST’s sound below.
Odosynth’s 388911 bytes is a freeware/donationware Commodore 64 style virtual synth for Windows. Features: 1 oscillator with 4 difftent waveforms: Saw Triangle Pulse and Pitched noise 3 BPM sequencer with 7 rates and 2 to 8 steps .You can end a sequence or loop it. The first sequencer has notes from c to b and… Read More Free Virtual Commodore 64 VST
The MB-6582 is a four channel stereo synth (8x 6582 SIDs) diy project. More photos here. Here’s a video of the MB-6582 in action:
This is the official trailer of the upcoming documentary The 8Bit Philosophy, a film about Commodore 64 musicians coming in 2008. Looks pretty cheesetacular.
Robot Goes Here is an electropunk project of Dave Rand. After eight years playing in punk bands, Rand switched to laptop retro-chip sounds and a DIY approach. There’s a lot of interesting 8-bit style synth work on Robot Goes Here’s The Byte Is In My Blood, including chip-noise drums and arpeggios. It sounds like Rand… Read More Robot Goes Here – The Byte Is In My Blood
The Super Mario Bros. AudioSound Super-Synthesizer isn’t as cool as you’d think from the title, but it’s still worth checking out. Brings back things, doesn’t it?
March 06: It’s free electronic music month at Synthtopia. All month, we’re going to help you kick the RIAA habit by highlighting great electronic music that’s available for free on the Internet. Today, we’ve got the motherload of chiptunes, the SID 6581/8580 Recordings Archive. The site has a name that only an electronic music geek… Read More The 8-Bit Music Motherload
