Reader Zac Bentz let us know about a couple of new albums released by his project The Electric Witch. Assassin is an album of dark synthpop originals with vocalist Marcus Matthews; and NEScapism is a collection of Nintendo covers. Bentz notes, “These are the songs that I would let play over and over, ignoring whatever might… Read More Free Music From The Electric Witch
Readers Chris Blarsky and Josh Felice sent word about their new project, Synthboy+, a dock that turns a vintage GameBoy into a MIDI synth. Here’s what they’ve got to say about the project: Dust off that first gen Gameboy as we have a very cool interface dock that converts the handheld gaming system into a state… Read More SYNTHBOY+ Turns Nintendo GameBoy Into 8-Bit Sound Machine
Absolute Extremes has introduced the Ninstrument – a custom built rack mountable sound module that can accommodate any number of vintage gaming systems. “We use only original hardware in our systems,” they note. “We don’t use emulators or knock-off type products.” Here’s an overview of the Ninstrument in action:
Saturday Synth Porn: Travis Chen, aka Aristomatic on Etsy, built a Bleep Labs Thingamakit built into an original Nintendo R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy). The synthesizer’s light sensors are built into the eyes and the LEDS are mounted to look like R.O.B.’s antennas. All buttons and switches are mounted at the base of the R.O.B. It has an… Read More Awesome Nintendo R.O.B. Robot Synthesizer
Ready for another Free Live Rack? AfroDJMac has the goods for you – for the 27th straight week. Here’s what he’s got to say about this week’s Ableton Live freebie: Hey Synthtopia 🙂 I’ve teamed up with bedroomproducersblog to bring you the latest Ableton Download in the weekly series, “Gameboy Glitches and Synth.” This week… Read More Gameboy Glitches And Synth (Free Live Rack)
NES controller to CV interface was uploaded by: crudface
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Reader francesco sends word that Furrtek, a group of french videogame hackers, has just released the beta of the DS-Monotron. DS-Monotron is an unofficial software emulation of the Korg Monotron mini analog synth. To run this software you need a Nintendo DS and a compatible flash card.
BEATBOX – Nintendo Drum Looping Cartridge was uploaded by: heavyw8bit
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Nanoloop 2.3 Sample Pack was uploaded by: littlescale
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Chip Maestro – a new project to develop a NES MIDI Synthesizer Cartridge – is fully funded and under development. Here’s how developer Jarek Lupinski describes the project: I am prototyping, designing and assembling a special cartridge called Chip Maestro which can be used in any Nintendo Entertainment System. This cartridge will accept a MIDI… Read More Chip Maestro NES MIDI Synthesizer Cartridge
