the next greatest instrument (for geeks) – the chipophone

this is awesome (for geeks)!

Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson loves chiptunes so much (don’t we all?) that he felt the urge to convert this old-school instrument into an 8-bit synthesizer. By rewiring the keys, pedals and buttons to a couple of microcontrollers (which isn’t quite our usual weekend project in the garage), the reborn organ — dubbed the Chipophone — can now reproduce classic hits like Super Mario Bros’ theme tune on the fly.

see him rock the chipophone!