COMMODORE 64 and Nintendo in a Hardware Jam together? BOTH controlled by a KEYSTEP PRO!

⚠ Warning: The finale of this jam will cause rats to gnaw through your speakers. Watch out!! 😆🐀

This hardware synth jam is using both a Commodore 64 and an original Nintendo controlled via MIDI by the Arturia Keystep Pro!! All four tracks of the KSP are being used to sequence both consoles. Track 1 is the NES noise channel, track 2 is the NES Pulse1 channel, track 3 is the NES Pulse2 channel, and track 4 is the C64!! The Volca Sample 2 provides the drums for this jam and is being synced via MIDI from the KSP.

I'm using the Datel MIDI Interface, mini Xpander, and Cynthcart to control the C64 via MIDI. For the NES, I'm using a device called the Famimimidi made by a company called Catskull Electronics.
Here is a link to Catskull:

A Behringer Noise Reducer pedal is used with the NES for an extra clean sound.
And I'm using a ISP Decimator pedal on the Commodore 64 to also help with getting a clean sound, but that's not all I'm using on the C64....

A company called 8-Bit Classics just made a special audio modification to their "Commodore 64/128/16/+4 8-Pin DIN S-Video & RCA AV Cable" for me at my request!! The mod eliminates most of the high pitch buzzing you get from the C64 SID chip! Especially useful for listening to SID tunes or recording audio with a C64! Combine this cable with a noise reduction pedal and the any noise from the C64 SID chip becomes almost inaudible! 🤯 This extra audio mod has also been added as an option on their website at no extra cost to the cable!!
If your interested and you would like to purchase the cable to help support the channel here is our affiliate link with 8-Bit Classics!!! 👇👇👇🤘🐀

This NES has a stenciled LRW logo and is modded out with additional clean audio outputs by a friend and fellow musician called Compression Head!! Check out his awesome music at his Bandcamp page here:

?❔? Find out who did it! Find out who did what?! How?! Why?! Well, I don't know but you can find a clue in the link below! ?❔?

Check out my Pink Floyd cover of "On the Run" using my Commodore 64 here:

The glitch art used in this video is from the allmyfriendsaresynths Patreon page!
🎹 Check out Stephen's freaking KILLER YouTube channel here:

#Commodore64 #Nintendo #KeystepPro

[matt_one]

Every time is an amazing sonic experience, your sound make its way to brain and bones!

[BradfordRiots]

The perfect frequencys to penetrate my soul, like a rat bite in the heart ♥ this is excellent bro 👊🏼 🔥 🔥 🔥 🐀

[bluesrockerlgc]

Way cool, sounds like dueling old school video games on acid!! lol, you could split this up into 10 second increments and sell them as ring tones!

[bikegarrett]

Familiar sounds elevated to an incredibly rich mix. What a great gathering of gear I hope the rats leave some of your cables unchewed at 3:26 you took it to the next level and it gets massively funky, awesome creation, you blinded me with science !!!

[DGraphicsFun]

*Nice work Lab Rat Warfare!!!😊😊😊* and I LUV💖your amazing music and especially using the classic equipment you use my friend:)👍

[StephenMcLeod]

Hell yeah, sounds awesome. Quite different to some of your other stuff.

[TheKey]

Absolutely love the half time groove on this, bro!! Your work with these systems are unparalleled!! Killed this one!! 🤘🤘🗝️🗝️🗝️🗝️🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀

[iseemonkeys]

An EPIC digital trip to the past with this piece, brother !! I thoroughly dig the retro vibes going on here. Huge thumbs up and keep on rocking the groovy on !! :)

[djjuanela]

Hello Great job and music my friend greeting wonderful weekend.👍

[Chaotrick]

Trippy! Enjoyed it from the very first sounds. I like the variety of texture this duo is capable of. Takes me back to my childhood, when I used to spend a lot of time with my best friend, playing various NES games and exchanging the cartridges.

[nicholaseldridge]

I have literally never heard anything like this in my life. Makes you feel like your sliding down a huge wave of retro computing like a mental/digital download of some sort. At 3min 22sec is my favorite part!

[SebticSmile]

🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀awesome ratty sounds - yup they've gnawed their way in and are jamming away on my synths now. 💀

[resynecho]

Omg Lab Rat... This is AMAZING!!! 🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥
This is chiptune at it's very finest, my friend. Killer tones, sounding chaotic yet blending together perfectly with tons of punch. Love the progression of the composition as well. Especially when those insane melodic lines start coming in. Guaranteed I'll be returning to this for repeat listens. Jaw is on the floor! 😲😲😲

[SimpleHold]

Nice groove and sequencing! Some really lively sounds give this a fun atmosphere. And good to hear that you got assistance to make the audio as clean as possible. Sounds great!

[wernawolf]

That's astounding! Thanks for this excellent "lab art", sir.

[JonathanRCross]

Sounding awesome! love the 8bit clicks and squarks

[avrilcadabra]

Sweet sounds! nice to hear the nes too. cynthcart is hella noisey on mine, whines to the pitch of the last note. Think it just ends adsr but doesn't set gate off and could also set it an inaudible frequency. You are living the dream LRW

[jmack]

wow awesome music you have here I enjoyed this a lot my friend big like 🔥💯

[chrisjunosmusic]

Wow bro !! !! Very inovative and unique setup !! !! Love it !! !! 👍

[DJ_TideWave]

Awesome jam my friend! 😊 Love these retro sounds! 😊