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The Chipophone — an 8-Bit Chiptune Organ

Posted by Soulskill on from the tones-of-childhood dept.

adunk writes "Linus Åkesson has built an 8-bit synthesizer inside an old electric organ case. 'All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs and switches rerouted to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals. Those are then parsed by a second microcontroller, which acts as a synthesizer.' The Chipophone is perfect for playing classics such as the Super Mario Bros in-game music or Rob Hubbard's Spellbound. A description of the build process, with photos, is available."

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  1. Two words : by unity100 · · Score: 1, Troll

    THIS KILLS !!!!

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  2. scandinavian again. by unity100 · · Score: 0, Troll

    him, torvalds, this, that. such kind of people always come up from scandinavian countries.

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  3. Blasphemous by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    All this destroying of real items just to shove in some micro controller board to pretend it still works has got to stop. Its not cool, it doesn't prove you are special or anything else.. Anyone can tear things up. Real talent is restoring an original object to its true glory.

    Has everyone completely lost their value of history in this 'throwaway' culture?

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