The Chipophone

[@DionMunk]

Not only did he make this crazy awesome 8-bit synth, but he can play all of these game theme songs from memory. Freaking amazing.

[@eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513]

It's called practice, which I don't... Uh... Do... But other people do it! Also, I was 5 when this comment was made

[@shadesoftime]

I had a stroke listening to the misarranged version of the mario theme he played

[@607]

@@eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513 Yeah, I bet he did practise them! Which is totally cool. :) In response to OP: I would say that playing from sheet music is harder than playing from memory in most cases (including those portrayed in this video).

[@The8BitGuy]

Very impressive.

[@GlitchyBastard]

Hmm...What a surprise seeing you here! XD

[@amonster8mymother]

Yes.

[@segatari7987]

Hey! I'm happy to see you here!

[@ПетрРаспутин-о8з]

8 bit you are supposed to be here

[@EpicHotCheese]

Lmao 🤣 8 bit guy found his natural habitat.

[@vertsk8er419]

3:44 casually plays perfect cover of one of the greatest compositions in 8-bit music history... legend

[@RoundElephant]

That cover has kept me coming back to this video for almost a decade now. Beautiful. I like it more than the original

[@crancelbrowser5478]

It's outstanding.

[@nathanielweise9932]

What is it

[@Cantaloop76]

@@nathanielweise9932 C64 Commando Highscore Music kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3TaXioh89rqZI

[@Sk1z1m]

​@@RoundElephantliterally same but for his Comic Bakery bit 😂

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

After many years I come back to this.

[@snidegrrl]

i'm particularly impressed that he listed all the original composers. this is awesome.

[@BlackLegion12621]

I remember there was a time where this was one of the most viewed videos on KZbin.

[@rekt_angle]

*Ahem ahem ahem* What about skrillex' scary monsters and nice sprites?

[@maulaucraw1209]

Your playing of "Commando was flawless, and Moving!!

[@texelelf]

I personally rate this guy as on par with Benjamin Franklin when he invented the Glass Harmonica. Absolutely awesome, chiptunes will always hold a place in my heart!

[@stfm]

Not only made good, it is good played too and a well chosen song selection.

[@Timecop1983]

Wow what a cool instrument you made! Great playing as well!

[@boodleboy]

My father used to scoff at me turning up old c64 tunes. I'm now older than he was when I was born, but those sounds still never fail to make me smile. Hearing them as live performances adds a whole new quality.

[@HandlesFullOn]

I have watched this video for 4 years about once every 3 months. Its never brought me anything but joy. You are a legend, sir.

[@RamenPoweredShitFactory]

Do you still come back and watch it?

[@Catralasarguido]

I still do it, pure bliss

[@keselekbakiak]

For gamers this is the true classical instrument

[@Aegelis]

If I saw this played in-person I would cry tears of joy.

[@XYZB0RG]

I'm not even seeing it in person and I'm doing that I think the fabric of reality would implode if I saw this in person.

[@JohanBrodd]

I seriously would pay for such an instrument.

[@pjotrmans]

+Johan Brodd Quite the amount of money, indeed

[@keveinkevin4422]

Literally download famitracker and use your keyboard

[@nedbarton4905]

@@keveinkevin4422 trackers dont get you poontang kevin

[@kind2311]

@@nedbarton4905 neither will this thing LOL!

[@honeycoatedparadox]

just use beepbox/jummbus

[@MrCrasherdog]

We need to put this into production, PRONTO!

[@LeDjisse1]

OMG yes ... When when when, you can kickstart that !!!

[@koinpusher]

It's long overdue! I need this in my life and house!

[@Lewis---]

1:53 sounds like a typical keygen

[@SheepyChris]

There is a keygen that uses that exact same music (from Comic Bakery, a C64 game from 1986), but I can't remember from where it is.

[@00_v1]

Lewis Hay sounds very similar to unreal superhero 3

[@benaldo138]

It probably IS a keygen. lftkryo's in the demoscene

[@sw1tched]

Ahahahahha

[@Kolateak_]

Not loud enough

[@Spanky2k]

The levels of awesomeness here are insane.

[@jamesgrey13]

The Chipophone is my new favorite instrument!

[@pinkpools]

This man has done the world a great service, this machine is amazing. Excellent musician as well.

[@fotrikovo]

Man, you are awesome! You opened memories to my childhood.

[@synthoelectro]

One of the coolest instruments I have ever seen.

[@MattBarton]

You, sir. You impress me.

[@camdenkerndavis]

tips fedora

[@EvgeniyNeutralMusician]

Matt Barton Connoisseurs meet under same videos, aye? ;)

[@24yrukdesigner]

Just make these thing legit, sell em everywhere over the world!!! Geeks like you make the world awesome! :)

[@Agret]

Props to the camera person for doing an awesome job filming this for you. Fantastic invention.

[@abola2121]

Why haven't you Kickstarted this yet?!?!?

[@StephendeRiel]

B/C it's made, fully functional, and he doesn't need or want money. It's his invention, and he can keep it to himself.

[@blacktiger9947]

Stephen de Riel But we all need this in our lives, think about it please do you know how awesome this invention is brother?

[@StephendeRiel]

The BlackTiger It's awesome, but even if you paid the price for it, which would be a lot, chances would be you would have no way of knowing how to play it.

[@blacktiger9947]

Eventually time travel will happen, so i'll dedicate time and then travel backwards in time so I can have that time back. I promise there will be no Wibbly Wobilly Timey Wimey stuff a happenen.

[@MrNorbert1994]

Stephen de Riel It is "kinda" like the Nintoaster. I belive there are some tutorials how to build a machine like this, but then again that would be very expensive to do. I stick with Famitracker.

[@ArrayzableMusic]

NEVER SEEN an instrument with a "fade out"-button!!! SOooo cool! Great 8bit tunes! Love it!

[@mr.marino9247]

Greetings from Argentina! I love to see these things and music videogames!

[@mikeynma]

I forgot how freaking awesome this was! I keep coming back and every time guarenteed nerdgasm...

[@MrBenedictHeyer]

I watch this at least once a year! Just love it :D

[@Gabbe0x58]

+Benedict Heyer Same here! :)

[@mattlewis7474]

Gabbe0x58 lol me too

[@rccc5806]

With absolutely no irony, this is the unsung pioneer of KZbin!

[@CabooseNor]

Sir, I feel that you need some kind of commodore 64 superhero suit or something :D

[@Probablylani]

take my money.

[@ПетрРаспутин-о8з]

Gamer de por vida

[@andreix123]

I still watch this video from time to time, I've done so for 13 years. I hope you are doing good, cheers from Norway. For anyone interested, you can find good music like this from the likes of "Qumu"

[@markusfoitschik2241]

Dude, you are really an amazing person. I love your Chipophone (also ich like chiptunes and old 8bit music!). I love it if people with talent like you share such stuff with us!

[@locoxella]

We are half way there to the best geek saloon of all times thanks to this piece of wonder of yours.

[@verdatum]

If you have the slightest bit of geek/nerd in you, seriously, click on the link in the video description. The descriptions and photos of what this guy has done are absolutely delightful.

[@XYZB0RG]

my god even his website is wellmade

[@JohnGenericName]

Somebody kickstart this!!

[@iPypah]

DUDE, YOU ARE AWESOME! brb to go pick up my jaw after that mega man 2 outro well done

[@Bruhtatochip742]

Always loved this video as a kid

[@Josephwilliemrice]

Same

[@flip3213]

guy is a genius and amaing player holy cow!

[@prltqdf9]

AMAING!

[@TurboWindex]

AMAING!

[@San4eZz555]

Музыка детства. До сих в кейгенах слушаю их часами, порой даже лучше современной кажутся.)))))) Спасибо автору)

[@thamossop]

In awe of this machine and the skills involved to recreate the classics tunes there.

[@GotYourWallet]

I love your rendition of Commando's High Score!

[@StaleCroissant_]

This man is not a musician, he is an artist!

[@deeznutshahaha]

duh, music is a form of art.

[@Joey28P]

dumbest thing ive heard all week.

[@jamesgrey13]

No! He's half-musician, half-artist! He's a musitist artsician! :p

[@XYZB0RG]

​ @deeznutshahaha good profil pic

[@carpeteria]

Unbelievable work on this - so well done! I've wanted an instrument like this for years!

[@KevinStanislawski]

You owe it to yourself to branch out to dance music.

[@AlexMarioMedia]

I WANT THIS BECAUSE OF REASONS!

[@lukassteinbach9941]

Same here xD

[@atsirdsart7386]

FOR SCIENCE!

[@davidhoggan5376]

that comment just made my week

[@camdenkerndavis]

David Hoggan k

[@Shadows00001]

this is one of the most amazing things I've seen in a long time, the chiptunes are bringing back so much good memories. Thank you for this amazing work !

[@ProgWare]

That's really awesome!!

[@ankinchin9795]

YOU'RE AWESOME, DUDE

[@MisterTTG]

11 years later and I still love this video

[@bigmacfinland4343]

Would love it if you uploaded your version of Comic Bakery. Sounded amazing here!

[@DerpyFriz]

I will find you And I will love you.

[@rikard1414]

One of the best youtube videos so far, I can listen to this all day long :)

[@EXRazeBurn]

Korobeiniki... He...he knows what the Tetris Song is ACTUALLY called? This guy's awesomeness goes to 11.

[@goldhillproductions]

Incredible! So many feels :D

[@forest6702]

wow this is like a dream item. it may take me a decade but im coming back to this vid to make this its so insane

[@Reegareth]

This. Is. Amazing. Why is this not a thing? A keyboard manufacturer should pick you up man and you can design this system into the software of keyboards.

[@SeanDuffyProductions]

+Reegareth It is a thing, all these features are commonly found in both analogue and digital keyboards. This guy just built one himself using an old organ he had available.

[@jeanmichel2005]

he could make his own brand, maybe kickstart it. it would be awesome

[@headsupkid01]

They make kits to convert old organs to midi. This guy has invented nothing

[@tonymusic720]

What do musicians use to play longer notes? An extension chord!

[@schnopnaw]

there needs to be more of the chipophone in this world. You can make A LOT of money by making this into an actual product to where it can be bought and played like a normal piano!

[@harvey4245]

Put this into kick starter!!!! I want one-my friend Liam

[@its2in0the1numbers1]

It's like a real life version of Massive.

[@TheSoundEngineAF]

it's really not, massive would be a modular system.

[@DeadlyHairdryer]

This is definitely one of my favourite videos of all time!

[@puredruid]

So that's where keygen music comes from...

[@MordecaiWalfish]

Amazing work! You should consider putting up a tutorial on how you put this masterpiece together.

[@nawletorre7136]

this can't be real this boy is from another planet genius

[@ClickMikke33]

Shut up and take my money!

[@andyyork6471]

That is awesome, and you are awesome.

[@mikeynma]

Commando hi score music takes me right back to being 14 again...used to just leave it on and listen!

[@NotASpyReally]

I'm not sure why but at 2:32 I burst into laugh xD

[@Solid_Hank]

NotASpyReally Tetris nostalgia? *spychecks*

[@King-ty7mz]

NotASpyReally I did too!

[@cooliofoolio]

Philip J. Fry SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[@anushpatel6361]

+UNKNOWNGAM3r no you shut up and take my money

[@cooliofoolio]

anush patel oh ok. :( please hand me your wlalette

[@opsimathics]

radical and cool

[@pookuss]

I WANT ONE D: So sick. Props to whoever built it and to Iftkryo for the amazing playing.

[@ferenccsenkey9707]

Can i buy one?

[@professionalassasin]

Hey can you please do a full cover of Martin Galway's Comic Bakery? I would be so happy :)

[@LuisSilva256]

Thank you... as an old timer chiptune appreciator that was really impressive, as an artist and from the engineering point of view.

[@MollieStar]

Did you purposely make your voice sound like it's on an old VHS tape too? This is so rad.

[@AdeleEevee]

this is what i want for christmas mommy

[@BenKaiGifford]

This is one of the most fantastic things I've ever seen

[@cesarinho22584]

in my mind i was playing the game

[@Memington]

Why does he not take this to conventions?

[@rekt_angle]

He probably didnt want to make any money out of it due to the fact that he said it officially in his site that the origin of this synth was an organ of his friend, and if he sells this synth in the world then im pretty sure his friend has the rights to sue him for copyright infringement since he is the actual owner of the synth that used to be an organ.

[@Jimbobq11]

This man deserves the nobel prize for everything.

[@MasterOfHelium]

Is it analogue or digital? Sorry for sounding stupid, but I just heard a bunch of analogue synths capable of sounding like 8bit or close to it.

[@PTechnicalOriginal]

By definition, if it's 8bit it's digital. Basic pulse/noise waveform's generated by an 8bit processor, 1980's home computer style. These are modulated in various ways to produce effects, but if you notice - no filter. You can produce the same kind of tones with analog, with basic raw open filtered patches. If you're asking mate, shows you're not stupid...

[@soylentgreenb]

PTechnicalOriginal By definition, if it's outputing audible noise, there's some amount of analog circuitry involved. The voices, ring modulus and hard sync are digital, and the filter effects are analog (implementing a FIR filter or similar would have been much too expensive).

[@PTechnicalOriginal]

soylentgreenb Analog circuitry involved in the output stages, yes I agree. As for the ring mod and hard sync, I must be missing something because I don't hear those effects here. Not quite with you friend, are we talking about this instrument?

[@ryanator7935]

THIS IS SI AWESOME ARE YOU GOING TO SELL SOME

[@KnifePlushie]

Wow it's been so long this vid has been sitting in one of my KZbin playlists... Hearing your rendition of that Megaman theme seriously gave me chills. 😮

[@imranoski_bg]

Shut Up and Take m'ah money!

[@strepto1976]

LFT you're awesome :)

[@francescodelvecchio992]

Sir, you're an Artist, a Scholar and a Gentleman...

[@greninja7131]

Wow... *SHUT UP AND TAKE MY FUCKING MONEY!*

[@ancientapparition1638]

Holy shit LFT is that you? From C64 demos?

[@ConnorR.mp3]

Ancient Apparition I was thinking the same lol

[@dennismoore56]

As a video editor I really appreciated the direct input audio you took from the synthesizer rather than the shitty camera mic. It makes your sound sooooo much better when you play the synth. It made me happy to hear.

[@GezmeRR]

There is someting that bugs me, why does the background noise, disapeer when ever he plays on the chipophone, but comes back when ever he speaks? It also seems like the music is waay higher quitly then the mic he is using

[@Ozku9]

You've never heard of video editing? You know, the wonders of Windows Movie Maker.

[@raulandrus]

I guess he's recording his voice and the "chipophone" with the same microphone. So if it's positioned to record the chipophone but too far away from himself it needs to amplify his voice resulting in heavy background noise. Maybe it's even a build-in recording device who knows

[@davidhoggan5376]

It's chip audio my friend, requiring no moving parts. It's likely he's just digitally recording the key strokes on his computer and recreated the audio. No that complicated.

[@GezmeRR]

Ah right xD Hehe yeah i am not that mutch into the hole thing with recoring, thanks for the nice responce ^^

[@GezmeRR]

Raulandrus Yeah probly, sounds like it whoud make sence, thanks for the nice responce ^^

[@Tetisann]

Хуйясе. Не плохая 8 bit-ка

[@BronyRexRUS]

Я бы хотела себе такой Chipophone.

[@Numberzer0000]

BronyRex покупаешь синтезаторы и настраиваешь, ламер

[@maxmaker2000]

Number Zero Какие нах синтезаторы. Только настоящий чип!

[@maxmaker2000]

BronyRex качаешь Famitracker и пишешь.

[@gijsyo]

very nice. i revisit this video every couple of months. rockman is my favourite.

[@Staktaz1]

Can you play Darude Wamstorm ?

[@tobias7517]

You can start your own company and make these and be rich. Just sayin

[@Stickywicket]

My word.. I love the amazing instruments I come across on youtube!

[@nicolesproducerpack]

I want this chipophone. But in pink. 😆😘

[@MrPianoplayer1]

anyone here from reddit?

[@TheAcePool]

Yes.

[@MrPianoplayer1]

hehe hi

[@WopBeats]

***** A magical place

[@naoyukisasanami]

yep

[@JadenZeCreator]

***** so true. Hahaha

[@64jcl]

Brilliant creation! And you play it well too!

[@rainmain]

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