Fantastic. I can't put it any other way, this is just fantastic, and I'm not even that big of a 8-bit music fan. I think what I like best about it is that it brings the whole 8-bit scene out into the music world that I'm more familiar with.
It's Swedish creator, Linus Åkesson, calls it the "Chipophone" and you can read more about it at his website http://www.linusakesson.net/.
The Chipophone is a homemade 8-bit synthesizer, especially suited for live chiptune playing. It has been built inside an old electronic organ.[via Make]
All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs and switches rerouted to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals. Those are then parsed by a second microcontroller, which acts as a synthesizer.
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