Arcano Systems has once again this week taken to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to launch their new Obscura 8-bit Chiptune Synth 2. Which has been specifically designed to aid with the creation ...

If you are in the market for a retro 8-bit chiptune synthesizer you may be interested in a new piece of hardware which is being created by Arcano Systems the form of the Gem-8. The Gem-8 has been ...

With tools like Logan Owlbeemoth’s Tachyon+ gear and Alexander Zolotov’s Quantum VJ 8-bit glitch visualizer, we’ve see video synthesis get incredibly mobile. Now, video synth enthusiasts have another ...

“My latest apps are related to audio visualization and sound experiments, so I decided to implement it in some cool basic devices,” he explains. “The first device was the Quantum DJ, which is a synth ...

Soulsby Synths are relaunching their 8-bit synth the Atmegatron at the new price of £199 / €299 / $299. They are also launching a new product, the miniAtmegatron, which is an electronics kit shield ...

Soma Laboratory tells us that Rumble of Ancient Times (RoAT) is an 8-bit noise synthesizer and sequencer inspired by the clever programming of the early PC era when an entire video game would fit on a ...

[Derek Enos’] toils are starting to yield results. He’s been working on an 8-bit synthesizer that is MIDI controlled which he calls the deMIDulator. As he demonstrates after the break, the device has ...

The Commodore 64 did a lot of things right: the right price, the right graphics, the right games, and the right 8-bit audio chipset that allowed 12 year-old programmers to POKE and PEEK their way into ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SOPA Images/Getty Images The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and ...

A random noise generator is pretty handy when working with music, and building one using a micro-controller can be pretty trivial. So it’s nice when someone comes along and builds it from a few analog ...

If I had one of these Pocket Piano synthesizers, I would just roam the streets playing it, without a care—much like the dudes in this video. It’s quite beautiful (those wooden buttons!), sounds great, ...