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MIDIfy your DS with a new chip


If you can solder and have a basic understanding of electronics, you can add MIDI output to your DS, DS Lite, Game Boy Advance, or GBA SP. The Midify chip also interfaces with other electronics -- apparently anything that has some kind of user input. For just $35, this chip adds a MIDI port to the DS.

It doesn't turn the DS into a MIDI sequencer or allow you to output MIDI, rather, it adds a MIDI in port to the DS, allowing you to control the DS via keyboard. Confused? Imagine the DS is the microwave seen here -- it has been fitted with the Midify chip.

[Via hackaday]

MIDI + art + game songs = <3


Some awesome soul has taken it about himself to make visually enhanced game tunes, and the result is nothing short of spectacular. Using a program called Music Animation Machine MIDI Player, which converts the musical notes of MIDI songs into art, the creator of these videos has managed to blow our minds. Sure, we always enjoy it when musical sounds are synthesized with visual imagery, but when some of our favorite songs are involved, it just makes it that much better.

We decided to put the Mega Man 2 "Dr. Wily Stage 1" song up top to celebrate Rock Man's 20th anniversary, and well, because it's our favorite. If you don't look after the break to check out the equally awesome Final Fantasy IV, Kirby, Mario, and other tunes, though, you officially fail at the internet.

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The DS makes beautiful music

This demo for a new application, DSMidiWiFi, just looks incredible. Though the program is still in early stages, the potential for music creation is vast. DSMidiWiFi turns any DS into a wireless MIDI controller that can interact seamlessly with a computer or other DS units running the application. So take a few musically-inclined souls, arm them with a DS, and voila! DS MIDI band. Now we just need to get some people together to reproduce some Phoenix Wright jams ....

Check out the demo video after the jump, which also includes a quick glance at some of the other functions of DSMidiWiFi.

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