Basic Atari 2600 Synthcart Control

Music Technology


Circuit bending is alive and doing well. This is a really cool hack of an Atari 2600, which happens to be a favorite system for a lot of people. I need to go into the attic and find my old 2600, then get a Synthcart.

Synthcart is a cartridge for the Atari 2600 written by Paul Slocum. The program uses the Atari 2600 keypad controllers as an interface for users to trigger notes and beats on the video game console.

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