RetroCade Synth on Kickstarter

YouTube Published on Jun 4, 2012 by GadgetFactoryDotNet

"A demo of the RetroCade Synth as seen on Kickstarter.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13588168/retrocade-synth-one-chiptune-boa...

Made with the Papilio FPGA board."

Some info for the archives via the kickstarter page:

"Welcome to the R-R-R-R-RetroCade Synth from Gadget Factory. This exciting new hardware synthesizer is built on Gadget Factory's own Papilio platform, and is designed with both hardware hackers and musicians in mind. Musicians will love the ease of use and extreme retro glitchiness that the Retrocade has to offer. Hackers will love that it is open-source, and is designed to be HACKED. Either way, you're in luck. You will find no better, more flexible synthesizer at this price point anywhere else!

The RetroCade Synth boasts the capability to play the built-in Commodore 64 SID chip, the Yamaha YM-2149 chip, .mod files, and MIDI files - all at the same time! The RetroCade Synth can be played via any external MIDI control interface or via your favorite audio/ sequencing software. We have built a custom VST software dashboard which gives you visual control over all the various parameters the synth has to offer, and it is included at all hardware tiers here on Kickstarter.

So sit back, watch the videos, get amped up, and show your support for open-source projects! We thank you for taking the time to check us out!

Click here to watch the intro video in FULL HD!
What's Included

The RetroCade Synth is a combination of the Papilio FPGA board, the RetroCade MegaWing, and a control dashboard that runs on a computer*.

Papilio FPGA (Click to learn more)

Xilinx Spartan FPGA (Spartan 3E 500K or Spartan 6 LX9)
High Speed USB port for programming and communication
ZPUino Soft Processor
YM2149
MOS 6581 (I.E. C64 SID)

RetroCade MegaWing (Click for hi-res image)

2 – ¼” Stereo Audio Jacks with 18 bit Delta Sigma DAC
MIDI – In, Out, Through
uSD Card for MOD, MIDI, YM, SID, and config files
MicroJoystick – 4 directions, Select
2x16 LCD Display
16 Analog inputs for sliders and knobs
16 Digital inputs for switches and peripherals

Control Dashboard (Click for hi-res image)

Control all of the features of the audio chips from a computer.
Made with SynthMaker for easy customization
VST plugin or standalone executable

*NOTE: The RetroCade hardware does not require the Control Dashboard or a computer. All features of the RetroCade Synth are hardware based and only require the Papilio and RetroCade MegaWing combo..."