TRASHBYTE: 8-bit vectoring synthesizer from DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"The 80's were a great time. Computer and Arcade games were everywhere, and their brand-new graphics and enticing chirping sounds filled shopping malls with excited kids armed only with quarters to play. Eventually Ataris, Commodores, TRS-80's, Apple's, and eventually NES sold systems that allowed people to play video games at home with a console. It was an engineering marvel; how to write mostly monophonic music while still allowing sound effects-- like PLAYER JUMP-- and make it as realistic as possible on severely limited hardware.

We unleashed all of that 8-bit fury here.

TRASHBYTE is a flashback to SID technology, joysticks, and arcade soundtracks. Watch and listen as you move the green '3D' joystick between 4 oscillators to make brand new retro sounds, let it randomly move itself, or make trills to make fake drums. The oscillators are all bit accurate models, left with all the imperfections 8-bit would emphasize, and their sound is instantly familiar. If that's not enough, you can lower the fidelity to 1977 and crunch them through the entire circuit (cheap opamps included) wrestling for that tiny speaker's attention. Attach that to our 16-step sequencer and you can modulate the sound step by step or let it play along with you in sync. EZ button zaps you back with arcade sounds that are byte-accurate-- but you can play it polyphonically if you like. Let it wander while you hold a note and be transported right back to your childhood.

Don't worry, it won't cost you another quarter to power up!"