Ok, I have to admit that the Gatari doesn’t sound all that melodious, but still, considering the platform it uses, I think it could still be defined as one of the geekiest musical instrument of all time.
The “gAtari” was my excuse to do something a little silly after I discovered that the Atari 2600 was more limiting than I realized! (31 pitches, minimal waveforms and only 2 channels!) I needed an EQ which could take a high voltage and drop it down to line level (Boss bass EQ) plus a way to hold loops between tracks and parts (Boss delay). So rather than have it “DJ” style config, I thought I make something a little more creative.
[Via Topless Robot]
that. is. awesome. :D
I Fight Dragons' setup puts this… thing… to shame.
You have to put into account the creativity in how this was made. A TRUE geek would after all. :-p
Also, you have to consider that in the chiptune community (of which I am part), I Fight Dragons is looked down upon for many reasons, but the primary reason is that their music is not actually made on old video game systems or emulators thereof; their chiptune sounds are synthesized to sound like the old 8-bit sound effects without using the actual hardware. Also, there is a perception that they are insincere poseurs with shallow lyrics who are just trying to be "geek chic" whose lyrics are written to cynically market themselves to a geek community rather than out of any heartfelt conviction.
*throws up rock on fist*