In this post, chiptune guru Joe E. Allen makes his long-awaited return, with a look at making music on a Game Boy with LSDj. LSDj (Little Sound Dj) is a sequencing app that lets you make 4-track music, using the Game Boy sound chip. The app is available (used) on cartridges or as a ROM file. The ROM can… Read More Making Music On A Game Boy With LSDj
Teenage Engineering introduced three new Pocket Operator synthesizers at the 2016 NAMM Show, In this video, Gaz Williams shares his Pocket Operator review of the new Office, Arcade and Robot models.
Special Stage Systems has introduced the Ming Micro – a portable 8-bit video synthesizer, with NTSC composite output, integrated chiptune synthesis, SD card slot, USB and MIDI control. They call it “The ultimate pixel art instrument.” Here’s the official video intro:
Arcano Systems has introduced the Obscura – an inexpensive minimal chiptunes MIDI synth.
SuperByte 2015 – a ‘Chiptune, Low-Tech & 8-Bit Arts Festival – returns to Manchester, UK this year for its fourth installment. SuperByte has risen to prominence over the last three years as one of the most important events on the international chiptune calendar. The festival launched in 2012 as a one-day chiptune and retro gaming event and featured… Read More SuperByte 2015 Chiptune + Low-tech Arts Festival Returns To Manchester In September
In this video, Igor Zinken demonstrates using a guitar to play 8-bit style chiptune music. It’s also a demonstration of the browser-based software synth, WebSid. Details in the video.
The Arcano MIDI NES Chiptune Synthesizer is a minimalistic, microcontroller-based synth, designed to emulate the classic chiptune sound of the Nintendo Entertainment System’s APU (audio processing unit.) The synthesizer’s MIDI input allows musicains create NES-video-game-style chiptune music using a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI device. It’s being made available via a Kickstarter project, which is already… Read More Arcano MIDI NES Chiptune Synthesizer Now Available Via Kickstarter
Bedroom Producers Blog and SzcZ have released Game Boy Drum Kit, a free drum sample pack. Game Boy Drum Kit features the sounds of a black Nintendo Game Boy running LSDJ software. The pack contains 64 unprocessed Game Boy samples in 24-bit WAV format, along with a set of NKI and SFZ patches. The included… Read More BPB Releases Free ‘Game Boy Drum Kit’ Sample Pack
AudioThing has introduced miniBit – a 8-bit/chiptune synthesizer, inspired by the retro sounds of video game consoles and home computers of the 80s.
Video game music label Pterodactyl Squad has released ELO: The Video Game OST – a free chiptune tribute to ELO. The album features some of ELO’s best-known songs, arranged for Nintendo and Sega sound chips. Here’s what Pterodactyl Squad has to say about the release:
