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# Kickstarter on KS: Turn your NES into a synthesizer
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/kickstarter-on-ks-turn-your-nes-into-a-synthesizer/
- Published: 2011-05-11T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:54:06.000Z
- Description: A biomedical engineering student who mods old videogame equipment has a new project: I am prototyping, designing and assembling a special cartridge called Chip Maestro which can be used in any Nintendo Entertainment System. This cartridge will accept a MIDI input from any instrument, and by passing
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

A biomedical engineering student who mods old videogame equipment has a new project:

> I am prototyping, designing and assembling a special cartridge called Chip Maestro which can be used in any Nintendo Entertainment System. This cartridge will accept a MIDI input from any instrument, and by passing the MIDI notes through the NES, the cartridge will make the NES synthesize 8-bits of awesome in true NES squarewavey goodness. See the video for more details!

Check it out [here](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jarek/chip-maestro-an-nes-midi-synthesizer-cartridge?ref=killscreen.com) and take a look at more cool Kickstarter projects on [our curated page](http://www.kickstarter.com/pages/killscreen?ref=killscreen.com).