Archive for November 2008

 
 

Gameboy Music

The undisputed co-kings of Gameboy music software are Nanoloop and LSDJ. Nanoloop is indeed awesome and I have never messed with LSDJ. They can be pricey and harder to come by then the Gameboy Camera which has a built in music sequencer that is really cool and useful. Plus you can take really fuzzy pictures and print them on a Gameboy printer. Below is a track I did last year starting off with a Gameboy loop and adding acoustic instruments and analog synths.

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MSSIAH MIDI SID Software

That title has got a whole lotta acronyms. I like acronyms.

After a long wait, the replacement for the Prophet 64 cartridge, the MSSIAH is available. The MSSIAH is surely the easiest way to gain MIDI access to a Commodore 64′s SID chip and integrate it with the rest of your gear. I ordered mine. Now I just have to be patient while it makes it’s way over from Europe. I am looking forward to using it.