Watari - MIDI enabled Atari 2600 - Installation and Demo

The construction and installation of the MIDI2600 MIDI interface board into a fully functional Atari 2600. The soundtrack is composed and performed on the Atari through the use of a Synthcart cartridge.

Download the song here:
http://www.siemprelaluna.com/audio/MP3/OvA_-_Watari_%28digital_single%29.mp3

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• MIDI
• Atari
• atari 2600
• synthesizer
• 4-bit
• lowfi
• soldering
• iron
• electronic
• circuit board
• SiempreLaLuna
• siempre la luna
• mod
• modification
• MIDI2600

[natere2]

What is that baord holder you have? I needsomething jsut like that!

Thanks

Nate

[siemprelaluna]

@natere2

It's a Panavise 333. They're about $90 new. I got mine used on Ebay for about $35. Check it out on the panavise site here: panavise.com/index.html?pageID­=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=26

[stephk42]

Does the 2600MIDI kit require the Synthcart to make music?

[siemprelaluna]

Unless you are capable of custom programming an atari cartridge, you'll need a synthcart to make music with your Atari game console.

You can also use the MIDI2600 kit to MIDI script game performances. I've never used it for that purpose before, but it doesn't seem like a difficult thing to do with a decent sequencer.

[wahwax]

Trop génial!! Y'en a pas à vendre?

[Menecroth1]

Yeah so... I danced to this.

[KorgAddict1]

Freaking epic!

[nsputnik]

What about the drum sounds? How do you trigger them?

[siemprelaluna]

It's two part multitimbral, each part mono, you can play notes with MIDI, I've not been able to get CC or program data to work, but that doesn't mean that it can't happen. I'm unsure if those features are implemented. I've had some luck using two MIDIfied Atari's setting them to the same programs and controlling them on separate MIDI channels. Doing that, you can make some interesting chords and chaos. Add a MIDI controlled filter bank to all that and you're going to be stoked.

[nsputnik]

Thanks for replying. I posted to the yahoo group but maybe you can answer my other questions more quickly. With Synthcart, is it true that you cannot trigger the noise sounds with midi, only stop and start the beatbox? Can you change tones or envelopes with a continuous controller or program change? It is two part multitimbral, each part monophonic?