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Atari POKEY Chip Controlled From Ableton Live

Sebastian Tomczak has added a few new features to his POKEY MIDI interface, which lets you control the Atari POKEY chip with MIDI. In this video, the MIDI source is Ableton Live. The new features include:

- a better tuning system for 8-bit mode
- a better tuning system for 16-bit mode
- the ability to set the pitchbend in terms of semitones, via MIDI CC
- the ability to set the octave division in terms of discrete pitches per octave, via MIDI CC
- the ability to set the frequency value for any of the four registers via MIDI CC – handy for filter automation etc

A 16-bit filter is demonstrated in the video, as well as noise on four channels. Awesome stuff if you’re into bit-crushing and lo-fi.

For more details, check out Sebastian’s blog here.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 7:40 pm. It is filed under wires and tagged with ableton, atari, circuit bending, video games. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.