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 ...

Somehow, the iPhone/iPod touch platform seems like the perfect place to be making 8-bit music at the moment, and owners of the aforementioned hardware will soon have the opportunity to do this thanks ...

The Pianocade is a synthesizer designed to appeal to retro gamers in every way, with its 8-bit sound and arcade controller stylings.

[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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The problem with modular nowadays is that it is so darned expensive. Not so miniMO, an open ...

Following on from their first Kickstarter success, Arcano Systems has this week launched another campaign to crowdfund their new Obscura MIDI 8-bit NES & C64 Chiptune synthesiser which requires just ...

Here’s something pretty neat. A man by the name of Linus Åkesson has turned an old organ into an 8-bit synth. All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs ...

A random noise generator is pretty handy when working with music, and building one using a micro-controller can be pretty trivial. So it’s nice when someone comes along and builds it from a few analog ...

Roland fans are in for a double treat as the company's officially unveiled a set of new products ahead of NAMM. One of them is the SYSTEM-500 set-up, a Eurorack modular synth system, that we reported ...