alt.hn

1/17/2025 at 8:54:28 AM

The Family Bass - Music with an NES

https://www.linusakesson.net/music/family-bass/index.php

by rcarmo

1/17/2025 at 4:12:14 PM

This was great.

I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU

Such cool sounds and he plays it well!

by RamRodification

1/17/2025 at 4:32:42 PM

For those who want to try it out, you can also access these sounds in a somewhat easier way by using an NES audio emulator in your favorite DAW, or by using one of the various tracker programs:

https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst

http://famitracker.com

by klodolph

1/17/2025 at 10:57:00 PM

This one lets you play the bass on the left hand of a keyboard and the square waves (should really be PWM) on the right hand:

https://aframe.itch.io/famikondo

by xxr

1/18/2025 at 12:21:57 AM

Seems like a homebrew program that uses the Miracle Piano would be a lot nicer to use than a Famicom keyboard.

by Dwedit

1/17/2025 at 1:57:45 PM

IMO: Play the second video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gds1EeQGMaQ&t=166s) for a few seconds, and observe when Linus plays with the Japanese Famicom keyboard.

It'll give you a good idea for what he's making. (The music video is also really cool.)

by gwbas1c

1/17/2025 at 6:34:34 PM

Super cool, and I also love how this page has text and still-image content equivalent to what's said and shown in the video.

by Lammy

1/17/2025 at 4:42:15 PM

This is the nerdiest, hackeriest thing I've seen in ages, and I love every moment of it. That was brilliant.

by kstrauser