midi sync update

A few months ago I traded off an unused drum machine to a member of 8 bit collective in return for a midi>gb sync.

More than 6 months later, I assumed it had been lost in the post, or that I had encountered a particularly shifty individual. This led me to investigate the arduinoboy, which I built in the end.

But this morning, I received a surprise in the mail.


A lowgain midi>gb sync. 8bc member, and chip artist lowgain(Logan Erickson) produced a small run of these in 2008, based off the original design by FirestARTer(http://www.firestarter-music.de/lsdj/)

This device functions much like the arduinoboy, including 4 of the 5 modes(MGB support is missing). It is also contained within a much sturdier case than my arduinoboy, and much less prone to freezing on mode 2, and becoming unresponsive as my arduinoboy occasionally did(for reasons i was unable to identify).
Furthermore it contains 2 midi thru ports allowing further support of other devices.


I also received a new clear DMG, bringing my count up to 4 DMGs and 2 GBCs.
With my upcoming performance at the National Campus Band Comp, multiple consoles will come in useful for segueing between songs.


I also received a new clear DMG, bringing my count up to 4 DMGs and 2 GBCs.
With my upcoming performance at the National Campus Band Comp, multiple consoles will come in useful for segueing between songs.

Texas Instruments SN76489

The Texas Instruments SN76489, was a soundchip most notably used in by Sega(in the Megadrive, Master System and Game Gear) as well as the BBC Micro.

Like the Gameboy, it is capable of producing 3 squarewaves and a pseudo-random noise output.
In his blog, Sebastian Tomzcak(little scale) has been documenting the control of this chip via Arduino. Documentation and results can be found here and here.
More information on the chip itself can be found here.