COMMODORE HEXAGON C64 SID SYNTHESIZER SHOWCASE [Retro Gadgets]

video upload by Retrozentrum

"Prepare for the future!

Dive into the futuristic soundscape of the HEXAGON, a Synthesizer powered by the unparalleled Commodore 64 SID Soundchip from MOS Technology!

From the smooth Triangle tones, the edgy buzz of a Sawtooth wave, to the unique vibes of a Pulse wave and the wild randomness of noise - with HEXAGON Commodore is bringing you the tones of tomorrow! Experience 4 breathtaking waveforms each full of power and volume - But what is better than one oscillator? Right - Another one! Just one switch away and you are able to play two notes with one key, no problemo! Or set both oscillators to the same pitch and feel the power of two voices combined! We bet you won't ever release a key to make this beast playing music forever!

Tailor every note to perfection! With full control over the tones even out of space-time, you are ready for the future! Be able to adjust Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release to craft sounds that are beyond this world. Even make your notes slide and sway and dive into sonic realms with a chaos generating Pitch Modulator...And by chaos we mean absolute madness. This thing is a demon in creating mental sounds! But hold on - Of course you can also create wonderful chords with it - We won't let you down, no matter what type of noise you want to create!

But don't worry if you don't know anything about waveforms or Envelopes or Amplitudes or Giana Sisters or Bubble Bobble or Camel or Impossible Mission..The HEXAGON makes it so easy to make music and create noise but comes with a high quality soundchip that is state of the art! - The one and only SID! Normally it costs a lot of knowledge and practice to get yourself deeper into the great SID composing with a C64 but here is your solution!

Why just play when you can compose? With an ultimate capacity of 64 Kilobytes HEXAGON's innovative Step Sequencer powered by an onboard memory chip is there for you to let you arrange your very own future hits step-by-step and note-by-note. (Yes folks you heard it right, no floppy disks anymore, you are welcome)

HEXAGON - For $595, you get what nobody else can give you for twice the price! So what are you waiting for? Get yourself a HEXAGON!

powered by Commodore International and MOS Technology

...or at least inspired by it :)

Retro Gadgets is a game where you can build and code your own gadgets with several assets like LEDs, Buttons, Screens etc. Check out the Game on Steam Early Access!"

"Crooked Teeth" Cover ♬ Death Cab for Cutie on Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Here's another Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 groovebox song-mode thing. A weird synth cover of Death Cab for Cutie's 'Crooked Teeth'. Some liberties were taken ;-P
All sounds created and sequenced on the LD3. Voice recorded separately and mixed and processed on a Zoom R16."

Fell in Love with a Girl / The White Stripes / Covered with Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 #TTNM


"Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 synthesizer covers The White Stripe's 'Fell in Love with a Girl'. This has been a favorite song of mine, ever since I learned power chords on my Squier electric guitar. I'm way past that though and just let synths play for me nowadays. Well ... after I program those songs manually into their memory for hours on end ... although with the Little deFormer 3's "song mode" it's actually fun and even a zen-like experience ;-P

All sounds made on the LD3. Voice sampled and sequenced and then deFormed with onboard FX."

Gotharman website: http://gotharman.dk

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

森山直太朗 - 夏の終わり (Monomachine Cover)

video upload by Freaky Tweaky

"Chu!サビだけでごめん"

"Chu! Sorry for just the chorus"

Elektron SidStation (no effects)

video upload by Benjamin Dehli

"Quick test of the Elektron SidStation. The sound of Commodore 64 and computer games from the 1980s. The MOS 6581 SID chip is capable of some gritty sounds with its 8-bit DAC and an analog filter that easily distorts. This is the raw direct sound of the SidStation and no effects were added."

Touch screen drums ( M8 bundle in description )

video upload by Avrilcadabra

"Want to try this on your M8 you can.

Just messing with wavesynth and touch screen to manipulate parameters in a musical way.

Here is the link https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d265q9..."

The Arcano 8-bit Synth : Preset Patch Samples

video upload by Arcano Synthesizers

"The Arcano 8-bit synth will be released on Monday, October 2, 2023 at https://chiptunesynth.com. The Arcano 8-bit synth is a MIDI-controlled synthesizer that recreates the sounds of the NES / Famicom game consoles. This video features 2.5-second samples of all of the synthesizer's 32 preset patches."

Yacht - devlog #3

video upload by hügelton Instruments

"Yacht is sequencer app for Panic Playdate.
devlog #3: crank navigation"

The Model - Kraftwerk - Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover Tutorial

video upload by jumpwav

"Learn how to recreate "The Model" by Kraftwerk using the Korg Volca Sample 2. This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of programming the drums, bass and synth parts of this electronic classic using only the factory samples. No additional samples or external gear needed – just the power of the Volca Sample 2!

“The Model" by Kraftwerk

Instrument: Korg Volca Sample 2

Key of A minor
BPM: 62
Swing: 0
Reverb Mix: 0

Factory Samples Used:
Part 1: 011 Kick Sub
Part 2: 023 Snare Machine
Part 3: 045 C.Hat Loose
Part 4: 102 Vintage Pad
Part 5: 120 Dyna Strings
Part 6: 102 Vintage Pad

00:00: Full Song
00:58: Intro
01:31: Sample Setup
02:10: Pattern 1
14:20: Pattern 2
16:11: Pattern 3
19:06: Pattern 4
22:29: Pattern 5
24:18: Pattern 6
25:32: Pattern 7
27:16: Pattern Chaining
28:58: Outro"

And a few more:



Playlist:
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover)
Flowers - Miley Cyrus (Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover)
Nightcall - Kavinsky (Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover)
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz (Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover)
Dawn Chorus - Thom Yorke (Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover)
Instant Crush - Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas - Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover + Tutorial
As It Was - Harry Styles - Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover Tutorial
Little Dark Age - MGMT - Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover Tutorial
The Model - Kraftwerk - Korg Volca Sample 2 Cover Tutorial

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - Ice Cap Zone on Moog Sub 37

video upload by Luca Di Gennaro

"Split screen cover of 'Ice Cap Zone Act 1' by Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Doug Grigsby III, Geoff Grace and Michael Jackson from Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (© 1994 SEGA) just with a Moog Sub 37 and Logic Pro drums.
#sonic #michaeljackson #icecap #moog

Keyboard: Moog Sub 37
Midi drums: Deep Tech + Agogo Funk (Logic Pro)"

duality micro - the new nanoloop 2 incl. a little jam

video upload by evadum

"Hello mates, today i tell you some facts about the new nanoloop 2 cardridge from www.nanoloop.com and after some bad english ;) you will see a little jam with the nice new nanoloop 2 and the korg volca kick.

Please enjoy

www.evadum.de"

See the nanoloop label below for additional posts including nanoloop 2 designs going back to 2016.

Major New Version of MIDISID

video upload by MIDI IN



"MIDISID contains two SID chips (supplied with two modern SID replacements) for a total of six voices, driven by MIDI input. Each voice has configurable waveform, ADSR envelope, pulse width and more. The chips also feature filtering and more advanced features such as ring modulation and waveform sync. A menu system and four push-switch rotary encoders allow you to design sounds or choose preset sounds and mode of operation.

My project received some media attention towards the end of last year and things went crazy.

The support and sales I've had have enabled me to spend the time developing the hardware and firmware. In May I released a major revision.

The footprint is slightly larger, the top is angled forwards, knobs and screen have been repositioned, custom sides partially enclose the electronics. All of this make the device more user-friendly; you can see the screen when sitting back from it and your hand doesn't obscure the screen when using the knobs. The overall design is a little reminiscent of the breadbin C64 case that originally housed the SID chip.

The biggest addition to the firmware is by popular request. Users wanted to be able to control or modulate any of the SIDs' parameters using MIDI CC messages, and so now this is in place.

The price remains the same.

This video shows one way of using MIDISID to compose music - you can create up to six 'external midi instrument' tracks in your DAW, each sending to a different channel / SID voice.

Other videos on my channel show other ways of using MIDISID.

Details of the CC control are in Appendix F of the manual.

MIDISID_manual.pdf

MIDISID's home page is here: https://peacockmedia.software/midisid/"

Midibox Sammich SID (Commodore 64 synthesizer)

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

via this auction

"Midibox Sammich SID (commodore 64 synth), comes with two authentic 8580 chips and I'll throw in an extra pair of SwinSID chips in case you want to try those. The ASID playback feature is especially fun!

All green LEDs light up and work. Bright OLED display"

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Nintendo NES Music - Contra - Played on a 1975 Roland System 100

video upload by MrCaliforniaD

"All sounds were made on the Roland System 100."

Duck Tales theme on 2xSIDs

video upload by MIDI IN

"I will be making a follow-up to this in which I explain how I started off with a .mid and made it work well with MIDISID. That will be the start of a series of videos to accompany chapters of the MIDISID manual, in this case 'playing a .mid and getting the most out of it'."

See the MIDI In label for more.

Atari 2600 Synthcart Player

video upload by H00kflash

"Demonstration of hardware designed and built for custom control of the Atari 2600 Synthcart software. Features include: Midi clock sync, 16-step sequencing, variable note length and beat-per-measure settings. Packaged inside an Atari 2600 Flashback console."

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"