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House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix

 youtubedirekt / via rené & dangerousminds

Vom Macher des „Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix“ und des “The Beautiful People” Robot Band Cover, hier sein neuestes, von altgedienter Peripherie vorgetragenes, Machwerk „House of the Rising Sun“ von den Animals.

For this video i recorded each instrument separately with a decent stereo mic and i also used a mixer to adjust the audio levels. i would like to point out that absolutely no sampling or audio effects were used.

Instruments

a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old)
b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ
c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar
d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal

“Phantom of the Floppera” – A Floppy Drive Organ plays Toccata & Fuge

Ich bin da noch nicht ganz durchgestiegen wie der Kerl das macht, aber Youtuber FunToTheHead hat sich eine Orgel aus vier alten Diskettenlaufwerken und irgendeinem Microcontroller gebaut auf der er Bachs Toccata & Fuge in einer LoFi Diskhack Version spielt.

Features two 3 1/2″ drives and two 5 1/4″ drives connected to a PIC18f14k50 microcontroller. It interfaces to any MIDI source via MIDI over USB. Straight MIDI would also be possible with an additional small circuit and some minor firmware changes. This initial version can respond to all 128 MIDI notes, and pitch bends +/- 2 semitones.

As it can produce only four simultaneous notes, and each drive has a different range and tonal characteristics, best results are obtained by arranging compositions by hand. However, it features two modes of operation: in one mode, MIDI channels 1 through 4 are played directly on floppy drives 1 through 4. In the other mode, all 16 MIDI channels are read, and notes are “intelligently” divvied out on a first-come, first-serve basis. “Note stealing” ensures that melody lines sound, but chords are often cut short. One or the other produces acceptable results for many unmodified MIDI files straight out of your favorite media player.

via interweb / boingboing

Out Of The Box Chiptune Album: Tristan Perich “1-Bit Symphony”

Tristan Perich hat für sein neuestes Chiptune-Album 1-Bit Symphone einfach den kompletten Produktionsapparat in Form von einzelnen Mikrochips gleich in das Jewel-Case verarbeitet und somit gleich wohl Kunst, aufgrund des transparenten Covers, als auch den perfekten Kopierschutz geschaffen. Da können sich Künstler wie Moby oder die Chemical Brothers ein Scheibchen abschneiden, denn deren “Jewel-Case” hätte gut und gerne die Größe eines 7,5t Lastkraftfahrzeugs.

“Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally performs its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.”

Der Sound ist allerdings nur etwas für wahre Chiptunes-Fanatiker und Kunstliebhaber, wer so ein Teil besitzen möchte kann es sich hier vorbestellen. via superlevel