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 ...

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[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 ...

Here’s something pretty neat. A man by the name of Linus Åkesson has turned an old organ into an 8-bit synth. All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs ...

Here at Engadget, we have quite an affinity for all things that remind us of what it was like to play video games in the 80s. That includes musical instruments and gear that are capable of reproducing ...

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, ...

Billed as a labor of love, the 8-Bit Operators compilation set to be released by Astralwerks Records in early 2007.The album will be a collection of classic Kraftwerk tunes as re-envisioned by ...

The last time we had occasion to feature 8 Bit Weapon in this space, our man Seth had hacked his Nintendo Power Pad into a music controller. Now the team is back with something a little less strenuous ...