Chipmusic hardware
Modern machines
MOS Technology SID / Hardware reimplementations
Elektron SidStation - Professional synthesizer with a built-in SID chip 
hard plAYer - 8 bit tunes hardware player 
HardSID 4U - PCI sound card with 6581/8580 SID chips HyperSID - Synthesizer with all the C64 SID chip hardware capabilities, controllable by its VSTi MIDIbox SID - DIY synthesizer that has soundchip from the original Commodore 64 Midines - Cartridge interface (game) that enables MIDI control of the NES sound chip OTO Machines Biscuit - 8-bit effect hardware (converters, digital processing, analog resonant filters, MIDI) SIDstick - Pocket-sized SID chiptunes player SwinSID - Hardware replacement for SID sound chip placed in every Commodore 64 The Chipophone- 8-bit Chiptune Organ The hardware chiptune project Uzebox - Retro-minimalist homebrew game console with MIDI-IN interface 
Bitcrusher machines
A Bitcrusher is a digital audio effect, which produces a distortion by the reduction of the resolution or bandwidth of digital audio data. The resulting quantization noise may produce a ''warmer'' sound impression, or a harsh one, depending on the amount of reduction. Note : Bitcrusher exists in audio plugin (VST, AU...) too. Check here !
Bitcrusher Copilot FX Antenna - Sonic destruction pedal for guitarist D16 Group Decimort - High quality Bitcrusher, works with its VST plugin (on Windows) or AU plugin (on Mac) Frisco ABC-1 - Bitcrusher pedal for guitarist HEXE BitCrusher - Pedal for guitarist Lo-fi Arduino Guitar Pedal Red Panda BitCrusher - Pedal for guitarist
Fuzzboxes
A fuzzbox (or fuzz box) is a type of effects pedal comprising an amplifier and a clipping circuit, which generates a distorted version of the input signal. As opposed to other distortion guitar effects pedals, a fuzzbox boosts and clips the signal sufficiently to turn a standard sine wave input into a waveform that is much closer to a square wave output.
Fuzzbox 8-Bit Fuzz - Pedal has a synth feel to give a broken Nintendo sound Legend of fuzz - Fuzz pedal for guitarist MWFX The 8-bit - Handmade pedal for guitarist
Old machines
Sound chip8-bit computers
Amiga 500 / 1000 / 1200... + chiptrackers Amstrad CPC + chiptrackers Apple II / IIc+ / IIgs + Apple II DMS Music Software Atari 520 / 1040 STe... + chiptrackers BBC Micro Commodore 64 / 128 / VIC-20... + chiptrackers MSX + chiptrackers PC with chip soundcard (as AdLib or Sound Blaster) - YM3812 (OPL2) and YMF262 (OPL3) are the sound chips SAM Coupe Sinclair ZX Spectrum + chiptrackers VTech Laser 200 (Laser VZ200)8-bit consoles
Arcadia 2001 Atari 400 / 800 / 2600... + chiptrackers ColecoVision Magnavox Odyssey2 Nintendo DS + Korg DS-10 Synthesizer Plus or NitroTracker Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Nintendo Gameboy + LSDJ or Nanoloop Sega Megadrive (Genesis)8-bit synthesizers, keyboards
Casio SK-1 - More infos here Casio SK-5 Casio VL-1 - Note that a VST plugin emulates it : here Ensoniq Mirage DSK1 / DSK8 - 8-bit digital sampling keyboard
Others normal and modified (circuit-bent) old keyboards
Circuit bendingCircuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators. So, do-it-yourself (or DIY) ! |
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Circuit bending Bent Festival - The first and ongoing international Circuit Bending festival Bend Me I'm Famous  BitCrucher Bending - Tutorials (in French), bended instruments, music... Casper Electronics - Circuit bent sound gadgets and custom creations Circuit Bent - Circuit bent instruments Circuitmaster - Videos Computer Truck - Music and circuit bending Dataglitch - Label of few lo-fi artists GetLoFi - A circuit bending blog with a lot of circuit bending tips and resources Oscillateur.com - Schematics, circuit bending f.a.q. Playboy's Bend - Circuit bending musical project Q.R. Ghazala's How-To - Ghazala's official website tutorial Roil Noise Circuit Bending - Circuit bent instruments, samples The Beta Testers - Circuit bent instruments, tutorials... |
 Book : Circuit-Bending, Build your own alien instruments |
Chipmusic shop
Accessories, consoles, cartridges, DIY products...
HKEMS - Hong Kong Kitsch-Bent Chipmusic Shop - US - Possibility to send packages to Europe (England, France, Germany...) Nonfinite Electronics - US Rob Webb's shop - UK Transformer - US
One accessory at Kitsch-Bent Chipmusic Shop
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