Atari 2600 Controlled / Played with MIDI Keyboard

[wandov8]

how can i pluc a vcs 2600 into a midi keyboard?

[Bluyoshi8z]

0:57 sounds like my old dial up connection

[DanieluYoshikoto]

wait... is Atari 2600 just literal sound bites?

I have seen a video where someone turned Paint into an soundfile (via raw import) and I heard some similiar sounds.

[gjc82071]

Dude, this is so bad-ass. The Atari Synth Cart is cool, but this is even better. Personally, I always had a thing for the Atari 2600's sound. I've like it since I was a kid/got it in '77. If you cycled thru & played various sounds, I bet I could associate various sounds with specific games that used'em. BTW, Can you buy a pre-made Atari 2600 MIDI synth set-up, or do you have to build/DIY?

[TheMindOfPat]

@gjc82071 I agree, the synthcart is... let's say it has its place. :) I was never fond of brutalizing a 2600 to add MIDI, so I did my own (watch?v=PLT4TyAIHDk) as well. The TIA is pretty straightforward to control. I can't speak for anyone else, but figuring out the MIDI state machine and a robust note-stealing algorithm took me way longer than controlling the chip.

hQlwkwnnBus is a video that cycles through all sounds, and yeah, you can easily identify them. :)

[gjc82071]

@TheMindOfPat OK thanks. I will check out your video right now.......

[1337SillyMoose1337]

What is that keyboard called?

[kotep777]

yo man.....need that sega shit.....pleassse/?

[GoldenPickaxe]

Wow, you could make SMB out of Atari explosions!

This stuff is great!

[Deokishisu]

With this I can make music from Atari 2600 explosions!

[kaiBiggins]

So how do you go about hooking the Atari 2600 (or any other console) to be used as a midi device?

[joeynuggetz]

cool but lame. I would have at least knocked out the pitfall theme or something from adventure :-) Or ET or Raiders.

[littlescale]

Pitfall I can probably agree with you. But ET? Come on man. :P

[kotep777]

@littlescale

can u hit me up?

[im160bpmplus]

@littlescale he ET'ed you!! wow .. 

[bisexualbuffthug]

I think with atari 2600 chip a person can make them ugly ass sounds into a loud burglar alarm for cars!! LOL!

[Dusty1141]

Please release something! im sure you realize people will pay good money for these gadgets you've been brewing up.