Arcano Systems has once again this week taken to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to launch their new Obscura 8-bit Chiptune Synth 2. Which has been specifically designed to aid with the creation ...

If you are in the market for a retro 8-bit chiptune synthesizer you may be interested in a new piece of hardware which is being created by Arcano Systems the form of the Gem-8. The Gem-8 has been ...

“My latest apps are related to audio visualization and sound experiments, so I decided to implement it in some cool basic devices,” he explains. “The first device was the Quantum DJ, which is a synth ...

Soulsby Synths are relaunching their 8-bit synth the Atmegatron at the new price of £199 / €299 / $299. They are also launching a new product, the miniAtmegatron, which is an electronics kit shield ...

With tools like Logan Owlbeemoth’s Tachyon+ gear and Alexander Zolotov’s Quantum VJ 8-bit glitch visualizer, we’ve see video synthesis get incredibly mobile. Now, video synth enthusiasts have another ...

You don’t need to hack an old Game Boy to make 8-bit music. Scott Wilson picks seven tools that let you make chiptune sounds without breaking out the soldering iron. For some people, childhood ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SOPA Images/Getty Images The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and ...

Soma Laboratory tells us that Rumble of Ancient Times (RoAT) is an 8-bit noise synthesizer and sequencer inspired by the clever programming of the early PC era when an entire video game would fit on a ...

The Commodore 64 did a lot of things right: the right price, the right graphics, the right games, and the right 8-bit audio chipset that allowed 12 year-old programmers to POKE and PEEK their way into ...

[Derek Enos’] toils are starting to yield results. He’s been working on an 8-bit synthesizer that is MIDI controlled which he calls the deMIDulator. As he demonstrates after the break, the device has ...