Modified video-game gear gets repurposed, using special software, to turn the sounds often heard in 80s video games into notes that can then be played however the musician likes. Audio chips are electronically altered to become makeshift synths, emitting monophonic, 8-bit tones. To others, however, these bygone relics can be modified and hacked, transforming the obsolete hardware into instruments. To some people, video game consoles and computers are useless once they are past their prime. Native Instruments has announced the release of a new Maschine expansion that cracks open early-gen PCs and video game consoles to unleash a world of 8-bit sounds.īyte Riot is packed with crunchy circuit-bent drum kits, warm 8-bit leads, and retro video game samples, hacking into a world of modified music makers.
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