MicroSynth for the Apple iPhone® and Android is exactly that, a tiny synth based on a wonderful the BBC Micro Computer which is now on the verge of being 30 years old! All of the sounds you hear are actual samples taken from one of my real Micros and all of the sounds were also programmed by me. I hope you you enjoy making music with this MicroSynth.
The App is avaiolable now from the Apple app store here, and from Android Market here you can also download all of the sounds that are included in the App for use in your own music or whatever here. BBCMICROSOUNDS ZIP FILE (6.13 MB) release under Creative Commons License
Closer to September 30th, 2011 the BBC Micros 30th Birthday I will be releasing my archive of several hundred almost a thousand retro sounds made with my BBC Micro free for you to use.
I ventured out to London today for the Young Rewired State 2011 Show and tell event at Microsoft, and it was amazing. The young coders were fantastic and their ideas were too. You can read all the info about the winners and their projects here, big thanks to Microsoft, Google, Nokia, Samfry.com, QA Apprenticeships for their support.
The Young Rewired State team was fantastic and Microsoft was wonderful to visit.
For Young Rewired State 2011 I ran a three day workshop to encourage kids to use government open data in a creative ways. For our project we created “Space Data” helping an alien find a new home based on how happy the people in the different English counties are. We hope you enjoy what you see, the code and game are available now.
Internationally renowned chip tune musician, teacher, designer and published author Pixelh8 / Matthew C. Applegate makes his music from reprogramming some of the oldest and rarest vintage computer systems in the world.
Parallel to his involvement in music performance, Pixelh8 encourages creative computing in schools and workshops across the United Kingdom and is a PhD research Degree student researching "Educational Music Technology".
MicroSynth for the Apple iPhone® and Android is exactly that, a tiny synth based on a wonderful the BBC Micro Computer which is now on the verge of being 30 years old! All of the sounds you hear are actual samples taken from one of my real Micros and all of the sounds were also programmed by me. I hope you you enjoy making music with this MicroSynth.
