Commodore Music on a Super Nintendo & Nintendo NES - Jet Power Jack

video upload by MrCaliforniaD

"Me: Mom, can we have synthesizers at home?
Mom: We have synthesizers at home.
Synthesizers at home:
🤓"

The Nintendo NES MIDI Synthesizer

video upload by MrCaliforniaD

"I built this custom Nintendo NES MIDI synthesizer using a real Nintendo (Model NES-001) and a Famimimidi NES cartridge.

The Famimimidi NES cartridge is an incredibly well developped product that lets you control a Nintendo sound chip via MIDI IN. It's rare that such a product is released to the public in such a stable and complete state.

The cartridge is available for purchase (https://catskullelectronics.com/produ..., but it seems to be out of stock at the moment.

The challenge for this project was to fit everything in a 1U rackmount enclosure.

This project is a one-off, and I don't intend to build more of them. Not for sale. Sorry!"

Also see The Super Nintendo Synthesizer with MIDI

PLAYING TETRIS ON the Polykit POLYSYNTH

video upload by Polykit

"I'm playing Tetris on my Commodore VIC-20, theme song is coming from my 8 voice DIY polysynth.

More details on the polysynth:" [posted here]

Years of Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"For the first time in four years, Make Noise is getting ready to represent at Superbooth 2023! Come see us May 11-13 at booth 0298!

Also, we're hiring: https://www.makenoisemusic.com/careers

Play the new Game Boy game in your browser!! https://makenoisemusic.com/a-b-game/c...

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

TherapSID with ASID support! (Plays C64 SID tunes)

video upload by tubesockor

"Since the Twisted Electrons TherapSID firmware is now open source, I have implemented some enhancements to my unit, adding 'ASID' protocol support and performance controls, showcased here. ASID was originally developed as a way of sending Commodore 64 SID files over MIDI to be played back on the Elektron Sidstation.

First few minutes shows the features, then follows some full SID songs. This TherapSID is equipped with two 6581 SIDs, a bit panned to give a stereo effect.

00:00 Intro
00:21 Acidjazzed Evening - GRG
01:01 Oscillator visualisation
01:15 Snippets of tunes
01:50 Filter visualisation
02:02 Performance controls
02:56 Wonderland XII Tune 2 - Magnar
05:19 Supremacy - Jeroen Tel
09:09 Banaanin Alle - Mutetus
13:06 Fist II - Neil Brennan
16:03 Cybernoid II - Jeroen Tel
21:47 Comic Bakery - Martin Galway
24:56 Artillery - Geri Tjelta
32:21 Cobra - Ben Daglish
35:28 Delta - Rob Hubbard"

Quick look at what I'm up to today - "MIDISID" for RC2014

video upload by MIDI IN

"This project brings together the SID interface for RC2014 by Quazar:
https://www.samcoupe.com
(also shortly available from https://z80kits.com/shop/sid-interfac... )
... and my new MIDI interface for RC2014:
https://www.tindie.com/products/shiel...
In the video I demonstrate how I've got some tracks set up in Logic which are sending on channels 1,2 and 3. Notes are being played on the SID by the RC2014 with a program I'm writing in Z80 asm."

spiderman2_pizzatheme_final3.mov

video upload by Amie Waters

"Pizza time, baby! First person to get Dunkey to see this gets a free pizza.

Credit to Luigi Denza and his classic song 'Funiculi, Funicula' that has lasted 140 years, only to become a meme from a pizza minigame."

Roland JX-3P - Pixel Notes Music Vol. 3

video upload by Pixel Notes Music

"Here's a collection of songs that I have made using a Roland JX-3P and sometimes a Korg M1 for drums.

00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Shadows Moving
00:58 - Canal
02:26 - The Dark Wave
06:49 - Midnight Fairytale
12:03 - Beaming
13:27 - Motorbike Lovers
16:07 - Heavy Handed Ballad
17:25 - Chasing Horizons

All songs and artwork created by Pixel Notes Music."

ASID player using real C64 (Ode to 64 by Søren Lund) Station64

video upload by Avrilcadabra

"This is not my music. Though this video needs to be on the internet.

lot of this stuff is so niche or lost it just doesn't exist on youtube. it's not really what I usually do on this channel but if not me who else is going to do it.

So what's going on here. The Software on the Laptop is from Elektron's download page for the SID station. it is an ASID player. Basically you load a sid file into it and it sends that data via midi cables (not midi protocol)

so the Sidstation..Midibox sid. (I think Hardsid) can support ASID. probably others. DJ Indikator wanted a way for a real commodore 64 to be compatible with ASID so in recent years they made Station64 which is a full midi native c64 software but it amazing supports ASID. http://www.djindikator.net/c64/

The Elektron software doesn't know what it is sending to. So the c64 is playing it on its 6581r4ar into my mixer. into the little M8 tracker which is being an audio interface for my phone so this video has direct audio.

I was so happy to get this working. had to share. Also more people that hear Ode to 64 the better."

Hawkeye - Realm of Robots (8x C64 SID in MB6582, midiphy LoopA & MatriX)

video upload by Hawkeye

"Only SIDs make it possible! :)
(Sound provided by 8x 8580 in a MB6582 and some FX, no other synths used).

Sequenced by midiphy LoopA in song mode.
Composed with midiphy MatriX in grid notes mode.

https://www.midiphy.com/en/shop-detai...

Thanks for watching and listening!

Best regards,
Hawkeye/Maelstroem Records"

VGM #205: Evergreen - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse [SYNTH COVER]

video upload by Amie Waters

"Someone mentioned I have yet to cover any Castlevania music, so I decided to remedy that. Hope to do more in the future!"

"Running Fire" on the ISE-NIN

video upload by Mostly Synths and Keyboards (Logan)

"A tune from the 'Disgaea' OST on Black Corporation's ISE-NIN

This is a fun one to play. It's layered with other sounds from the ISE-NIN (besides the drums). The ISE-NIN isn't a mono synth but the unison mode really thickens up the sound for leads. This patch utilizes polyphonic aftertouch for vibrato."

Deflemask ios doing commodore 64

video upload by Avrilcadabra

"Deflemask is a tracker that supports quite a few chips.

Being a C64 fanatic that's what I tried first but no luck with getting the finished files to run on a real C64."

Yamaha DX7 & RX7 Tracks by Pixel Notes Music

video upload by Pixel Notes Music

Playlist as of this post:

Yamaha DX7 - Civilization
Yamaha DX7 & RX7 - Clockwork
Yamaha DX7 & RX7 - The Chase
Yamaha DX7 & RX7 - Red Moon

Creepin' around

video upload by MIDI IN

"A creepy tune for a dark and cold January Sunday evening.

As you can see, I've worked within 6 channels with MIDISID as an external instrument so that all of the audio can be captured from the back of MIDISID in one take.

I sat down last night with no ideas but after a little messing around we were almost at this stage. A little more tweaking today."

MIDISID 6 oscillator 4 waveform Synthesizer

video uploads by MIDI IN

Echoes on Stone Walls, rendered on dual SIDS
Developing MIDISID

via PeacockMedia

"This is a 6-oscillator synthesiser with a choice of 4 waveforms per voice, ADSR, filtering and modulations such as PWM and vibrato. It also has some advanced features like ring modulation and waveform sync.

The SID (;Sound Interface Device;) was designed for the 1982 Commodore 64 home computer. It has many features and a distinctive sound. MIDISID uses two modern SID recreations (Nano SwinSIDs). MIDISID has three modes allowing you to play .mid files or plug in a MIDI controller such as a keyboard. You can choose from preset sounds or dive into the parameters, create and store your own sounds.

♫ JOURNEY OF THE PRAIRIE KING ♫ on Gotharman's zaTurn Modular Synth [Stardew Valley VGM Cover] #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"This is a video game music cover of Stardew Valley's "Journey of the Prairie King" overworld theme, created entirely on Gotharman's zaTurn modular synthesizer. I must admit I haven't played the mini game at all, but I stumbled upon this tune and it's so damn catchy! :D :D :D

To get it into the zaTurn, I looked up Stoh Shiba's piano sheet music of the piece as a starting point and programmed that into the sequencer, taking a few creative liberties. Because the zaTurn only supports up to 64 steps per track, I had to split the song up into 14 presets. Luckily, copy and paste works so well on the Gotharman instruments and there are multiple ways to enter notes into the devices. After I completed writing the sequencer presets, using only a simple zaTurn voice patch, I started the actual sound design process and the arrangement of the various pieces in the Gotharman song mode.

I only used samples for the quirky vocals at the end of the song. The rest is all patched internally on the zaTurn. The one-take recording received subtle EQ and compression in Cubasis afterwards and that was it.

Gotharman zaTurn website: https://gotharman.dk

- - - -
Track: 'Journey Of The Prairie King - Overworld' (from the game Stardew Valley, https://www.stardewvalley.net)
Original Composer: Eric Barone / ConcernedApe
Transcription by: Stoh Shiba"

Discover more of THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES:
https://nightmachines.bandcamp.com
https://nightmachines.tv

230108 - Jamuary 2023 - Dungeon Synth Breakbeat

video upload by ChrisLody

"Okay, so. I went into the studio with no clear intention today but thought I'd give the Lofi-12 a rest and make a jam on the SmplTrek. After setting that up and finding that my Nord Lead needs it's button contacts cleaning before I can use it again I grabbed my XFM. Well, to be more accurate I picked up the prototype by accident and found this completely unfinished and unused idea on there. I realised I had something cooking on the Lofi-12 that would fit with it and boom, Unnecessary Dungeon Synth Breakbeat was made.

Dungeon Synth is a genre of music that apes the sound of old early PC FM soundcards and is usually paired with music that would fit in an old adventure game, but why not take that and mess it all up? :)"

Saga Synth for iOS - Sweet Retro Chiptune Synth!

video upload by Electronisounds Audio

"AVAILABLE ON 1/5 !!
Retro gamers, this one's for you!
Classic sounds from classic gaming hardware are powering this synth!

I made a few of the factory presets as well - Big Thanks to AudioKit for including me!

▼CONNECT with me / SUPPORT creativity and good content▼
WEBSTORE ► https://www.electronisounds.com/
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#iosmusicproduction #auv3 #electronisounds

0:00 Music Example 1
1:26 Intro
1:56 Music Example 2
3:38 Overview
6:21 Music Example 3"

General Midi Battle - QY100 vs SC88VL vs Super Nintendo!?

video upload by Avrilcadabra

"Lets compare my Seashore track on these three midi modules.

Track 'Seashore' was written on the Dirtywave M8
The bank and program selects are set so it will work on any general midi device.

I have had this Roland SC88VL for a year or so and I use it fairly often as I don't have many poly synths and it doesn't take up much space. The QY100 is a recent addition. The super Midi pak I will feature more, it just got an update to work quietly on PAL machines.

Note seems between unplugging the audio cables from the qy100 and sc88 the Left and Right got flipped.

Midi pack is from https://www.supermidipak.com/

Link to Floyd Steinberg's @mr_floydst General Midi video" [posted here]