Super Mario Bros. Theme — Reimagined on Vintage Synths

video upload by Anthony Marinelli Music

"In this 90-second performance, Anthony Marinelli recreates the legendary melody (originally composed by Koji Kondo) using his collection of rare vintage analog synthesizers in a one-of-a-kind orchestration. No computers, no plugins, just pure hardware (with a touch of bit-crushing) and hands-on performance.

Watch as layers of classic synths bring new life to one of the most recognizable themes in video game history, with quick cuts showcasing the instruments behind the sound.

🎹 100% vintage synths
🎮 Music only, no talking
⏱️ 1 minute 30 seconds of pure analog nostalgia
If you love retro games, classic sound design, or analog gear, this one’s for you!"\

🎛️ Think Like a Synth Learn the exact method I've used for decades on hit records & films
👉 https://anthonymarinellimusic.com/pro..."

midiphy zetaSID plays "Electric City" by Flex (Stereo ASID)

video upload by midiphy

"An outstanding stereo SID track made by Flex (Antti Hannula) of Artline Designs in 2020.

Played back using quadchained midiphy zetaSIDs with a slight amount of hardware unison detune to slightly thicken the mix :). The MIDI ASID signal is provided by a midiphy nexusMIDI expander connected to an Elektron TM-1 MIDI Interface in Turbo MIDI mode to provide the bandwidth required for dual channel ASID playback.

Visualization support by a tiny six inch Sony PVM 6041QM CRT.

Thanks for watching and listening!
Best regards,
Peter/Hawkeye
https://www.midiphy.com/"

Meet the Glitch Boy - 8-bit AV synthesizer

video upload by melt dream

"Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Meet Glitch Boy: a compact instrument that turns 8-bit games into live glitch visuals and doubles as a chiptune synthesizer.

Inspired by hacked consoles, Glitch Boy recreates those hardware corruptions and lets you control them precisely"

Some additional info via Martino, the creator of Glitch Boy, followed by the press release:

"Glitch Boy is an hardware instrument that turns NES-compatible ROMs into glitch video synthesis material and also doubles as a 4 voice chiptune synth.

Basically a hacked retro console, both desktop standalone and for a Eurorack system.

It has hands-on controls for real-time glitching, MIDI, audio reactivity, composite video out, CV input, and both standalone and a few more fun things.

It's a project I have been developing since last year for my brand Melted Electronics, under which I have released glitch devices for 5+ years."

We’re launching it on Kickstarter on April 14th."

Press release:

"Glitch Boy by Melted Electronics

Glitch Boy is an audiovisual instrument for glitch artists, musicians, and experimental image makers.Inspired by hacked retro consoles, It loads NES- compatible ROMs from microSD and lets users manipulatetheir graphics and sound in real time using onboard controls, MIDI, audio input, or CV.

It also functions as a 4-voice chiptune synthesizer, and is available in both standalone and Eurorack versions.

Quick facts
Loads NES-compatible ROMs from microSD

Real-time glitch control via knobs and buttons

MIDI input for automation and controller mapping

4-voice chiptune synth engine playable via MIDI

Audio-reactive glitching via line input

2x CV inputs for Eurorack / modular integration

NTSC and PAL composite video output

Open and hackable firmware

Available in standalone and Eurorack versions

Launch details
Launches on Kickstarter: April 14, 2026
Early Bird price: €150
Standard price: €170
Estimated shipping: Early Bird June 2026, general July 2026

Kickstarter

https://meltedelectronics.com

Using the New Public Domain SIDs in MIDISID

video upload by MIDI IN

"This is the new Public Domain SID or PDSID by Matthias. I hope to be able to make and supply these with MIDISID. In the mean time, they're available direct from him and can easily be fitted.

Public Domain SID at uni64.com:
https://uni64.com/shop/index.php?syst...

MIDISID:
https://peacockmedia.software/midisid/"

the weird world of bytebeat synthesis

video upload by Stephen McLeod

0:00 Intro
1:10 What is bytebeat?
3:24 Synth overview
4:57 How does it sound?
6:06 The Visualiser
7:07 A special mention...
7:38 Who is it for?
8:54 My Thoughts

X1L3 - ALLEYKAT - DEV - GOATED - 8580sid - all parameters brought to the front

video upload by X1L3

"Quick control voltage+gate read / register write test before moving on. And a quick look at the module front panel...

Apart from ring/sync on voice A, which i have no room for on the module design, all parameters of the 3 voices of the chip are now broken out to the user interface.

Voice A juggles the tune and drum work. Voice B is hard synced to voice 1 for the gnarly 'pro1' sound. Noise is strobed over pwm on voice 1 for the 'snare' hits.

ALL SYSTEMS GO - As 80s Williams arcade games would have said 🔥🔥🔥

There are likely a few minor bugs in the code that i'll spot as the module comes to life. But all that remains to be coded is the hooking up of some shift registers to get control of the 28 leds.

Given that this is technically a single voice demo. I'm fairly confident this machine will be capable of sounding quite authentic to the Commodore 64 and the world that moved on when it's complete and has some nice compositions made for it 🙂

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X1L3 - ALLEYKAT - DEV - GOATED - 8580sid - oscilloscope view

video upload by X1L3

Anubis - Amiga version

video upload by MIDI IN

"The music here was captured directly from the back of the Amiga. For the video, I had trouble with capturing the monitor output and composite looked terrible, so I pointed a camera at the little telly and it seems fine.

The .mod file (actually .med) should play on a variety of players but your mileage may vary. It'll sound best using Octamed Player. It sounds good to me in Hippo, but not so good in Eagle (distorted, for reasons I don't understand). It also plays on modern computers in players such as VLC, but it does seem that that's not respecting the proper volume attenuations that I've set for each instrument.
https://peacockmedia.software/misc/An...

0:00 intro
0:52 why?!
2:36 the track"

January 4th 2026 - Mushroom Municipality ft.Sky Barstow

video upload by Captain Credible

"With Sky Barstow on the NES we went beyond the bonus stage and possibly too far into the gain stage in this bleating mess of roms and and thick muddy bass. #Nintendoentertainmentsystem #rolandp6 #op1 #depushengmixer"

First try at making music for FM synthesis

video upload by MIDI IN

"I'm very happy that Ed Brindley has made this FM sound module for the RC2014 and similar computers. This is the technology used in early PC soundcards and synthesisers like the DX1000. This is my first go at tracking music for this sound card. I used Furnace Tracker, exported to .vgm and ran Ed's music player to play it. You're hearing the capture from the new sound card.

Relevant links:

My track:
https://peacockmedia.software/misc/fi...

Ed's project:
https://maidavale.org/projects/rcbus-...
https://github.com/electrified/rcbus-...

Collection of OPL3 instruments:
https://magmainia.newgrounds.com/news...

0:00 talky bit
1:07 explanation of techniques used
2:16 the music"

Stylophones - Multitracking - But Far from Smoothly!

video upload by Manitou Productions

"#stylophone #electronicorgan #vintagekeys #vintagesynth #multitrackrecording
We start by cleaning the two vintage Stylophones, then move onto some multitrack recording using all three from my collection: not without a few frustrations and technical issues!

Chapters:
0:00 Whoopsie!
0:07 Titles
0:15 Cleaning the keys & stylus
4:03 Let’s get recording!
5:15 Melodies with the ’68 version
8:20 Rhythms with the Hong Kong version
10:29 Revelations of the 2007 reissue
11:23 Overdubs with the 2007 reissue
15:45 The ’68 version through line out
16:29 Ground hum percussion with the Hong Kong version
17:36 Outro
17:57 The result (sans reverb)
19:01 Ivy’s Corner"

Synth Speak & Math Circuit Bent Chiptune Cosmic BLOOPER 8BIT MIDI MUSIC NINTENDO

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this eBay listing

"Heavy Circuit Bent Speak and Math from Cosmic BLOOPER and a MIDI NINTENDO Chip Maestro cart from Boy 8 bit. No battery cover for the Speak and Math."

You can find demos of a circuit bent Speak & Math in previous posts here, and a demo of the MIDI NINTENDO Chip Maestro here.

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X1L3 - STARSTRIKE - mission complete - chip tune - YM2149f - eurorack module

video upload by X1L3

"Starstrike module running a YM2149f with final release front panel fitted.

** MISSION COMPLETE **

The sound of victory from before the world moved on.........

3 CV inputs to the 3 voice pitches, Voice 1 CV multipled to modulator rate and one gate to the noise gen on voice 3. No cheating and trying to sound like a SID with filter support, and no VCA support so no volume control either. The skill level was set to hardcore - making it sound nice while it's acting as not much more than a 3 voice drone machine 💀😅

Modulator permanently active on voice 1 for gnarly grit pitch tracking and the ringmod near the end.

YOU HAVE ENTERED THE HALLS OF THE ALL TIME GREATEST !

PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME !

1: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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5: ALLEYKAT
6: IRIDIS ALPHA
6: ROBOTRON
7: ANOTHER VISITOR
8: PASTFINDER
9: MONTY ON THE RUN
10: KORONIS RIFT"

Game Music's Secret Weapon - Roland Sound Canvas

video upload by SoundFontGuy

"Video game music from the 90's and 2000's is special. The limited tools that composers had to work with made for some creative applications of software and hardware of the time. One of the most commonly used pieces of music hardware in all of video game music was Roland's SoundCanvas line of MIDI Module synthesizers. Everything from The Legend of Zelda to Final Fantasy!

Roland’s Sound Canvas is a line of sample-based MIDI sound modules that became the de-facto General MIDI/GS standard in the ’90s. It’s basically a ROMpler box full of “bread and butter” instruments (piano, strings, brass, drums, etc.) with built-in effects, and it was used heavily in PC games, console dev, and MIDI playback as the reference sound for GM/GS music."

"Special thanks to the VGM & Other Instrument Sources Community

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:05 MIDI Module
00:02:10 SC-55 Explanation
00:03:52 SC-55 Examples
00:04:23 SC-88
00:05:26 SC-88Pro
00:05:47 SC-88Pro A/B Comparisons
00:07:15 More examples

This video was edited by the talented - https://x.com/rettraledits"

X1L3 - STARSTRIKE - boss fight - 8 bit techno - AY3 / YM2149f - eurorack module

video upload by X1L3

"A bit of tidying up of the code and a tweak to the tuning routine of the AY/YM/GT300 modules. Pretty much wrapped up now. And those three dev modules are now consolidated into one build which can run the AY3, it's clones, and the YM2149f. The final build being called starstrike. Named after an old ZX spectrum favourite of mine (starstrike II)....

No filters used this time, so it doesn't sound like it's trying to pretend to be a sid chip. Just pure ZX/ST square wave action. 198X 8 bit techno / cracktro music. A good example of how well it does this even as a drone machine with no VCA support 🔥🔥🔥"

Yerzmyey Agartha AYMID Remix

video upload by Twisted Electrons

"Rio demonstrates his AYMID engine, a specialised Ay_Emul variant to let you stream AY-3 chiptunes directly from your computer into the AY3 and tweak parameters and transform incoming tracks on the fly. twisted-electrons.com"

Terra Cresta - on Syntakt [C64 SID style]

video upload by tubesockor

"I'm using an Elektron Syntakt and three channels of SY CHIP, and the analog filter & distortion block - to simulate the SID sound. An Edirol PCR-800 is used to play one of the channels live

This performance was part of the ‪@BIT-SCAPE‬ live stream on CRX 2025.

All sound is direct from the Syntakt without any processing."

Discovering Music Mouse by Laurie Spiegel on the Amiga

video upload by MIDI IN

"'Music created by Music Mouse by Laurie Spiegel', I'm obliged to say, as you'll see on the intro screen. I'm very happy to give credit, it's a fun and original musical interface. I've been able to make use of real Amigas, my MIDI adaptor and MIDISID."

"STAGE 5 BGM" from the FC action game "Konomi's Monster Party" arranged by YAMAHA TX816

FC用アクションゲーム「このみのモンスターパーティ」より"STAGE 5 BGM" YAMAHA TX816 Arrange♪

video upload by NOZ MUSIC

Google translated (original Japanese below):

"My name is NOZ, and I was in charge of all the background music and sound effects for the FC action game "Konomi's Monster Party," released by GAME IMPACT on April 28, 2024.
This time, I arranged the game's STAGE 5 background music using an FM synthesizer.

The FM synthesizer is a YAMAHA TX816.
The TX816 is sequenced using a YAMAHA QX1.
The drums are a YAMAHA RX11.

I filmed myself playing on the actual machine before recording.
When I press the START button on the YAMAHA QX1, the YAMAHA TX816 and YAMAHA RX11 play in sync.
This music equipment, which was released in 1984, is still in use today.
The recorded sound source will be included in "Konomi's Monster Party ORIGINAL SOUNDTRAK," due for release in March 2026."

Original:

"2024年4月28日にGAME IMPACTからリリースされたFC用アクションゲーム「このみのモンスターパーティ」の全BGMと効果音を担当したNOZと申します。
今回はこのゲームのSTAGE 5 BGMをFMシンセサイザーを使ってアレンジしました。

FMシンセサイザーはYAMAHA TX816です。
TX816はYAMAHA QX1でシーケンス演奏しております。
ドラムはYAMAHA RX11です。

レコーディングする前の、実機で演奏してる様子を撮影しました。
YAMAHA QX1のSTARTボタンを押すと、YAMAHA TX816とYAMAHA RX11が同期演奏されます。
1984年に発売された音楽機材が、こうして今でも現役で動作しております。
レコーディングした音源は2026年3月にリリース予定の「このみのモンスターパーティ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRAK」に収録予定です。"

FC用GAME SOFT「このみのモンスターパーティ」
https://www.gameimpact.info/konomimon...

Twisted Electrons HapiNES L Chiptune Synth SN HNL0303 w/ Original Box

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this Reverb listing

You can find demos in previous posts here.

"Comes with power and original box. This is a multitrack chiptune synthesizer inspired by the RP2A07 sound chip found in the NES games console. The 4 voices allow you to create authentic sounding tunes in real time! The L(arge) version offers the same features as its slimsynth counterpart, with the addition of hardware MIDI (MIDI Type A) and analog sync in and out connectivity and packed in a rugged metal case."

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Yamaha Portasound PC-100 Playcard system - Playing some cards

video upload by Jake

"The fun feature of this little Yamaha Portasound : score cards have data of song digitally recorded on a magnetic track on the bottom.
You can freely change rhythm, sound, mix and tempo while playing."