Drum Machina Go! As A New Music Tool For The Game Boy

The Nintendo Game Boy is kind of presumably the hottest console within the transnational chiptune neighborhood. You might need seen musicians cranking out tunes with LSDJ or Nanoloop, however now there’s a brand new choice for writing bangers on the DMG. It’s Drum Machina Go!, put together by [audiowanderer].

The unique Game Boy has a four-bit audio engine with two pulse channels, one waveform channel, and a noise channel. To that finish, DMGo! provides you these 4 channels to play with, every with a 16-step sequencer. There’s additionally an FX part, ADSR controls, and numerous filtering choices to make your sound juicier, richer, or grainier, relying in your style.

There are additionally useful sync choices through the hyperlink port, akin to to be used with different Game Boys, or you should use PULSE OUT sync to hook as much as your Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators or KORG Volcas you probably have them. There are additionally enjoyable options just like the MANGLING FX which helps you to decay and destroy your musical creations dwell by enjoying with the D-pad and buttons.

If you’re desperate to strive a brand new solution to compose on the Game Boy, you may throw it on a flash cart or in an emulator and begin tinkering away.  We’ve featured different enjoyable Game Boy music hacks earlier than, too, like this nifty mission that turns it into a MIDI sequencer.