nanoloop reborn as standalone, Game Boy-inspired groovebox

nanoloop, beginning life as a Game Boy cartridge, helped ignite a craze in chip music by intuitively combining sequencing and sound. Now, its creator wants to make his own hardware.

Two twisted desktop grooveboxes: hapiNES L, Acid8 MKIII

Now the Nintendo NES inspires a new groovebox, with the desktop hapiNES. And not to be outdone, Twisted Electrons’ acid line is back with a MKIII model, too.

Peter Kirn - February 12, 2019

Cute little €99 NES, acid music toys: coming soon, totally connected

Twisted Electrons’ small, fun-looking boards with acid and Nintendo chip sounds are one of the sound toys we’re most eagerly anticipating this year. And now they’re adding some connectivity: clock, USB MIDI, and an editor.

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2018

Forget vinyl: here’s a DJ rig with two Amiga 1200 PCs

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

The strange, cartridge-powered speech of TI Touch & Tell

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2018

A new, powerful synth finds its soul in a cheap plastic FM past

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2018

Cram Commodore 64 speech synthesis into your rack with this firmware

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

8BitMixtapeNEO is a glitchy hackable synth the size of a cassette tape

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2018

The 90s are alive, with a free, modern clone of FastTracker II

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

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