Arduinoboy For the NES MPS
Here it is so far guys. All working on the breadboard. Gonna solder it all up tomorow!
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~ Wednesday, April 25 ~
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~ Tuesday, February 14 ~
The NES MPS V2.0 Is well on its way.
Here is a brief overview of the planned features. The first one wasn’t functional enough in my opinion.
NES MPS V2.0 Specs
- Dual DMG gameboys (synced - 1 master 1 slave)
- ArduinoBoy MIDI In and Out (To the master DMG)
- 2 Stereo Analogue Low Pass Filters (1 For Each DMG)
- Pitch Bend Wheel (With LTC1799 Precision Oscillator)
- LoFi Delay Circuit
- LoFi Distortion
So, theres much more going into this one. I think it’s going to be much more usable on stage and in the studio thanks to the MIDI capabilities.
I’m going to film part one of the build tutorial today, over viewing the basic layout and figuring out where everything will go on the inside of the NES.
Oh and on another quick note, I got our domain name so I’ll start designing the new website very shortly!
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~ Sunday, February 12 ~
~ Saturday, February 11 ~
NES MPS - 8BIT D’N’B - LSDJ
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NES MPS - LSDJ Demo
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~ Friday, February 10 ~
Right guys, since MIDINES is so hard to get hold of…
Im creating a solution. My plan is to house an Arduino inside the NES to comunicate MIDI data through the controller port.
What I want from this project is to create a fully usable 8BIT MIDI synthesizer. I’m going to build the controller into the body of the nes and have a flash cart running FaMI (or family MIDI) After all the basic stuff is done and the arduino is communicating MIDI data im going to add in 2 Analogue Low pass filters and maybe an a LoFi delay to the circuit.
This will make the NES a very versatile and compact synthesizer.
I’m starting on the project tonight by making some room inside the NES and adding the audio outputs. The project will be up for sale on completion’s and will come with a 49 key MIDI keboard.
Also, don’t forget about that NES portable. Just want to get my CNC router first before I start the project, i want it to be as thin as possible.
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~ Wednesday, February 8 ~
Who wants to see a portable NES in the future?
Because I’m considering building one…
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~ Thursday, February 2 ~
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~ Wednesday, February 1 ~
The NES MPS V 1.0 [Prototype] (NES - Music Production System)
The 8Bit MPC:
Well here she is, very nearly done just adding finishing touches and tidying the cables + testing.
This is the first of its kind. An 8 bit music production workstation to run Nanoloop or LSDJ. Its based off a GameBoy advance SP and built into an old NES case. There is also a 16BIT FX processor built in to apply FX to the Game boys output or and external device via the 1/4” jack inputs. The Processor also doubles as a 2 channel mono mixer, so you can mix an external device and the gameboys signal.
The switches under the “hood” are for the FX processor On/Off and the LEDs On Off. Two of the switches are to select whether you want the gameboys signal to be processed by the FX processor and come out the 1/4” jack out puts, or to just go straight to the dedicated RCA outputs. I have left two of the switches unconected for the next owner to do what they wish with (maybe overclocking mods?)
The big square arcade butons control Up, Down, Left, Right, A and B. The 4 smaller swithes are for Start, Select, Left shoulder and right shoulder buttons. The 2 pots to the left are the FX slect switch (select reverbs, flanger, rotary speaker, chorus or delay) and the LED dimmer switch witch i may relocate and use the pot there as the gameboys volume out. The 4 pots in a cluster are channel 1 input, channel 2 input, channel 1 mix and channel 2 mix.
The power suply is 3 transformers housed in an old XBOX power brick and connect to the console with a 9 Pin D-Sub connector. The gameboys body that holds the circuitry can be easily removed by unplugging the 25 pin D-Sub (witch carries the controlles, power, audio) and removing the 2 screws at the back. This allows for easy maintenance, modification or if you simply need to change the battery.
The console only needs the power brick to power the LEDS, the FX processor and charge the gameboy. You can run it standalone off the Gameboys battery if you just want the gameboys audio clean.
Thats it for now. Im just going to re-solder the audio out mod to ensure a good clean connection and solder in the “under hood” LEDS that will eluminate the witch board.
(Source: lofifuture)
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~ Monday, January 30 ~
The NES MPS - Nearing Completion
All the controls are wired in, power managment sorted, paint is now complete. All that is left is a few LEDS!
Better pictures + Video coming soon!
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