The Chipophone - An Homemade 8-bit Synthesizer by Linus Akesson

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The Chipophone is a homemade 8-bit synthesizer, especially suited for live chiptune playing. It has been built inside an old electronic organ.

A chiptune, or chip music, is music written in sound formats where many of the sound textures are synthesized or sequenced in real time

You can find more information about how the organ was modified on the making of page.

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James Théophane

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James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in Sydney. When he's not dabbling, he's a Creative Director at Clemenger BBDO.

He has worked with R/GA, Lost Boys, Grey, Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.

He has put a pop-up restaurant atop a neo-classical building in Paris, created a gigantic interactive chandelier that played Christmas carols. Hacked an oil painting and launched a fully interactive round the world yacht.

He has created work for Nokia, Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi. View all work

He has won a few awards such as One Show, D&AD, Webby, LIA, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.

Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.

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