A Casio SK-1 Meets the Atari 2600: The Pong Project Part 2

[soundvictim]

lol@ cat

nice sounds man a++++

[ChrisUtzig]

Ignore the last guys comment... I am a software guy too... he makes us look bad. Good work on this.

[throbule]

How utterly boring!!! - Why dont you just get a proper PC + Cubase + some free VSTs? - It would be a lot simpler and a lot more interesting than this pile of cacophonous tripe!!!

[rdeco73]

I love this. I have a busted Vader 2600 that I want to to do something cool with. However, I just bought a Woody online with tons of games and it works great, keeping that as is. However, I want to turn the Vader unit into a digital clock perhaps, or a space heater? I need ideas...

[thunderpuppet]

Some people may act offended that I didn't use the Atari oscillators, but anyone can put together a synthcart setup. All that you have to do to make an Atari into an instrument is pay your money - not very challenging. This project makes use of the very hackable SK-1 which is more than capable of producing really nice tones (and much cheaper too!). Total cost of this project was <$35 USD.

[thunderpuppet]

The Atari was broken when I bought it, so I merely used the toggles on the case and pinned out the pong paddles to act as pitch shifters with glitch triggers on the buttons.

[JohnM3D]

Sorry but, what is the role of the Atari in this setup? How did you wire it to the keyboard?