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The Chipophone – A homemade 8-bit synthesizer (2010)

89 points by jamescgrant 11y ago

Nr7 11y ago
This is the same guy who won the Underhanded C competition earlier this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11032542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11032542 Edited: typos
b6 11y ago
I'm really in awe of this guy. He does so much amazing work. If you like the Chipophone, you have to check out the little synths he made for Teenage Engineering: http://www.linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php http://www.linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php
- catbird 11y ago
  Ah nice, I had just seen a video of the Commando theme being played on the new pocket operators[1] and it reminded me of the Chipophone. No wonder it seemed familiar... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjcUuGttKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjcUuGttKU
- joshontheweb 11y ago
  I had no idea he was behind the new PO lineup. Makes sense. What a nerdy baller.
- sdk77 11y ago
  I watched the videos and those are absolutely amazing. Ordered a PO-20 'Arcade' unit. Can't wait to start playing with it.
mproud 11y ago
This has been around on the Internet for many years.
- noir_lord 11y ago
  https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- dang 11y ago
  Indeed it has: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Chipophone&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Chipophone&sort=byDate&dateRan.... We added 2010 to the title.
sklivvz1971 11y ago
This really amazes me, great job. Much preferred to the "live coding" link of yesterday which I found a bit shallow.
imaginenore 11y ago
Can't you just get any MIDI keyboard, hook it up to a PC and have any sound you want, including chiptune?
- zhemao 11y ago
  Yeah, but that's no fun at all. Plus, the organ has a bunch of functions that piano keyboards don't, like two separate keyboards and pedals.
moron4hire 11y ago
There was a time when making things like this was my dream. Then I realized 15 years of experience programming didn't translate to any experience with a soldering iron. That didn't discourage me from learning more about electronics, but it did change my focus on how I might start entrepreneurial ventures.

89 points by jamescgrant 11y ago

Nr7 11y ago

This is the same guy who won the Underhanded C competition earlier this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11032542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11032542 Edited: typos

b6 11y ago

I'm really in awe of this guy. He does so much amazing work. If you like the Chipophone, you have to check out the little synths he made for Teenage Engineering: http://www.linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php http://www.linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php

catbird 11y ago
Ah nice, I had just seen a video of the Commando theme being played on the new pocket operators[1] and it reminded me of the Chipophone. No wonder it seemed familiar... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjcUuGttKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjcUuGttKU
joshontheweb 11y ago
I had no idea he was behind the new PO lineup. Makes sense. What a nerdy baller.
sdk77 11y ago
I watched the videos and those are absolutely amazing. Ordered a PO-20 'Arcade' unit. Can't wait to start playing with it.

mproud 11y ago

This has been around on the Internet for many years.

noir_lord 11y ago
https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
dang 11y ago
Indeed it has: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Chipophone&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Chipophone&sort=byDate&dateRan.... We added 2010 to the title.

sklivvz1971 11y ago

This really amazes me, great job. Much preferred to the "live coding" link of yesterday which I found a bit shallow.

imaginenore 11y ago

Can't you just get any MIDI keyboard, hook it up to a PC and have any sound you want, including chiptune?

zhemao 11y ago
Yeah, but that's no fun at all. Plus, the organ has a bunch of functions that piano keyboards don't, like two separate keyboards and pedals.

moron4hire 11y ago

There was a time when making things like this was my dream. Then I realized 15 years of experience programming didn't translate to any experience with a soldering iron. That didn't discourage me from learning more about electronics, but it did change my focus on how I might start entrepreneurial ventures.