31 Results for "chiptune"

Ohmforce, Game Boi, Tonebox: Free Plugins of the Week

Ready for a trip down memory lane? Ohmforce has said that eight of its classic plugins are now free! Check out the best free plugins of the week.

Soraboy, MS-2, SkyNet: Free Plugins of the Week

Soraboy is a free chiptune synth based on the Nintendo Gameboy! This week’s collection of free plugins also includes an FM synth and a reverb.

BPB64, Micro Keys, Pitch Drift: Free Plugins of the Week

2023 is off to a good start with BPB64, an awesome free C64 synthesizer. Check it out in this week's collection of the best free plugins!

Twisted Electrons TherapSID MKIII: This time, bring your own chips

Twisted Electrons has produced the 3rd and final version of the TherapSID 8-bit synth and has gotten around the chip shortage by not including any.

Twisted Electrons MEGAfm MKII: FM synthesizer with swappable chips

The Twisted Electrons MEGAfm MKII FM synthesizer is built around the sound chips from the SEGA Mega Drive 2 – and you can swap the chips yourself!

Look Mum No Computer AAAPPPCCC chiptune noise machine

The AAAPPPCCC or AtariAtariAtari PunkPunkPunk ConsoleConsoleConsole is a cascade of 3 Atari ATP circuits in a circular pimped out Kosmo noise machine.

First Look Review: Twisted Electrons’ Blast Beats

Twisted Electrons turned FM chips from 90s SoundBlaster audio cards into the Blast Beats groove box. We put a prototype through its paces.

Game Cat: Crazy synth built into a game controller

From Error Instruments we have a crazy random synthesizer built into a game controller that let you waggle your way to chiptune bliss.

SOMA Labs RoAT: Rumble of Ancient Times 8-bit noise synth and sequencer

The next object of weird genius from SOMA Labs is RoAT which is inspired by those ancient times when computer games were made to fit on a single floppy disk.

Soundpaint takes on the Rhodes and Commodore 64 SID Chip

The new sampled instrument platform conjures up a 1976 Vintage Rhodes and does some ultra-deep sampling of the Commodore 64's chiptune soul.

DATA Synth Gold XO: Interactive digital noise

The Data Synth Gold XO is an updated version of the ".zilver" Data Synth and brings 70 algorithms of chiptune inspired noise and bad behaviour.

High Score: chiptune-tastic retro video game sounds from the 1980s

Updated: Renegade Soundplay has successfully funded the classic computer and video game sounds of High Score on Kickstarter and it's now available.

Pocket Operator Capcom arcade series: Street Fighter sampler and Mega Man synth

Teenage Engineering has released two arcade infused Pocket Operators as part of an official Capcom series. Street Fighter is a sequencer and sampler whereas Mega Man a synth and sequencer. Ready Player One?

Relive those 8-bit game soundtracks with the NES Poly Chiptune Synthesizer

With more than a passing resemblance to a games console cartridge the NES Poly looks like a classic box of chiptune noise. Hours left on Kickstarter - grab one before they're gone!

Analogue Pocket: Nanoloop infused futuristic Game Boy opens preorders next week

Stunningly futuristic portable games machine with built-in Nanoloop sequencer and synthesizer for making music is opening for preorders on the 3rd August.

inSIDious: Authentic sounds from the 80s that we tried to forget in one bodacious plugin

Impact Soundworks has harnessed the iconic sound of the Commodore 64 for us all to enjoy in inSIDious inspired by famous computer game composers of the 1980s and the most accurate SID recreation ever

Best free plug-ins this week: Ton Geraet 1, BAFEX Studio and Tape Cassette 2

It's a great week for free plug-ins! Not only has the wonderfully twisted Ton-Geraet 1 synthesizer just become freeware. We've also got a bundle of no less than free 40 plug-ins.

Error Instruments Invader Box chiptune synthesizer for blasting aliens and making arcade tunes

The latest box to blast off from the Error Instruments laboratory is the Invader Box chiptune synthesizer full of alien noises, arcade beeps and heaps of glitchy character.

Best free plug-ins this week: GB DrumBox, RS-W2395C and SN01-G

We've got a few awesome free plug-ins for you this week: a Gameboy drum synth, a fantastic Baxandall EQ, and a great VCA compressor. That's GB DrumBox, RS-W2395C and SN01-G.

Cre8audio gets “Nifty” with an affordable powered Eurorack case and modules

The NiftyBundle consists of a NiftyCase, cables and 2 modules called Chipz and Cellz. It has built-in power, MIDI, USB, audio and some MIDI-to-CV outputs - could be the perfect Eurorack starter kit.

Best free plug-ins this week: LowBitMonoSyn, Full Bucket Phaser and African Gyl

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins features a nice little phaser, a funky chiptune synth and some authentic sounds from Africa. Here's Full Bucket Phaser, LowBitMonoSyn and African Gyl.

RetroByts by Sono Elements brings back the sounds of the C64 and NES

Retro 80s sounds ahoi! RetroByts is a new software synth with C64 and NES waveforms, so If you've always wondered how to recreate chiptune sounds in your DAW, this plug-in could be what you need.

TherapKid: offspring of SID chiptune sound generation and Twisted Electrons

A compact box of digitally realised SID goodness combining two classic chiptune filters, 2 voices and monophonic, duophonic, chord and drone modes. Coming in May.

Chiptune HapiNES L and 8-bit Acid8 MKIII from Twisted Electrons

The HapiNES and Acid8 mini synthesizers get an update with a smart new case and MIDI connectivity. The rest is kind of underwhelming from the usually very progressive Twisted Electrons.