http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
You're right, the genre of music that contains basically every great major sound track for classic games is a gimmick.....

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Musical gimmick? Why do people get tired of those who choose to spend their time doing something they enjoy that ends up producing something pretty cool. ]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
Also, did I say that was pretty awesome.]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
more background music for engadget videos.]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
Yeah, the music sounds good....but can he play the themes for Chip's Challenge?]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
The video was cool but it was downhill after the Mario song. Not many tunes that I recall. Still, I'm very much appreciate the achievement in paying homage to some of the best sound designs ever made.

Modern games just don't put enough effort into this area. You look at major franchises like Little Big Planet and then jump to the new Donkey Kong. The impact the sound has is like night and day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhEs78Zix8

Even if modern phone games went back to these 8-bit roots, it would be a start.]]>Jul 24th 2010 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/I wouldn't call it any more of a gimmick than any particular musical instrument (or keyboard setting based on a more traditional instrument for example).

Here you get some very interesting things done with sound like the extremely rapid arpeggio on chords which were invented by the video game industry but don't have an equivalent in other instruments or normal synthesizers.]]>Jul 25th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
hahahahahahhahaha!]]>Jul 23rd 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
Here is your pic:
http://gothamist.com/2010/07/22/darth_vader_robs_bank_photos_oh_yes.php]]>Jul 23rd 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
OMG, there he is!
*Calling the police....]]>Jul 23rd 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
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and an odd 80's fashion taste...or at least the slightest resemblance to Anthony Michael Hall...sort of.]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
he's pushing two keys at the same time and the synthesizer plays the tones between them one at a time very quickly. which is essentially an arpeggio (where you take a chord but you play each note separately)...]]>Jul 24th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
i bet lots more people would attend church services if the organists could drop sick beats...]]>Jul 23rd 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/
Where's the coin-slot on that thing?!?!]]>Jul 23rd 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 23rd 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/]]>Jul 24th 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/chipophone-is-the-chiptune-organ-that-youve-always-wanted/Jul 24th 2010 2:51PM