KickTraq

Hey guys! I've had my head down in engineering for a while. I've been trying to get a bunch of things done and quickly! More on that in a future update...  We have blown past our 20k stretch goal and are headed towards the 30k goal! For the 30k... (Read More)

I love how Kickstarter highlights their favorite projects. I wanted to create the same sort of curated list to help spread the crowdfunded love.  Lizard - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101008925/lizard You have to check this game out! It is... (Read More)

It has been another fantastic week. We blew past $15k! Even more importantly, we have been featured on a bunch of great blogs. http://vastila.com/lo-fi-ses-hackable-8-bit-musical-gamepad/ ... (Read More)

I hope your Halloween was fantastic...I know that the first week for Lo-Fi SES certainly was! We have maintained our momentum! The slow and steady beat has been phenomenal! It is clear that everyone has really been helping out by spreading the word.... (Read More)

Thanks everyone for making Lo-Fi SES a funded project! It really feels great to see it all happening so fast.  However, I still need your help. Our next goal is to get to $10,000. It is so close!  Tell your favorite blog, your friends, and anyone... (Read More)

Chiptune music is one the many phenomena that '80s era gaming nostalgia spawned -- but to get into it you need to mod a working 30-year-old NES into an instrument. Now, a company called Assorted Wires has launched a hackable 8-bit chiptunes instrument on Kickstarter to make it way easier. The pitch is pretty simple: if you're good at video games, you can make music with no practice. That's why they're calling it the Lo-Fi SES, for Sound Entertainment System. It's shaped exactly like a game controller, with the control buttons used to trigger samples, change tempo, and play, record or delete tracks, to name a few functions. (Read More)

As popular as the Game Boy was for portable gaming ages ago, did you know it's still popular as an instrument for those obsessed with the sounds of classic 8-bit gaming? But instead of wasting your Tetris-capable portable console on making music, you can help David Clift-Reaves make his Lo-Fi SES controller a reality and perform your chiptune symphonies with hardware specifically designed for gamers turned musicians. (Read More)

Lo-Fi SES was posted on Engadget AND Gizmodo. Wow! Thanks to all of you, Lo-Fi SES had a better first day on Kickstarter than we could have imagined. We almost reached our goal in less than 24 hours, AWESOME! And, all that despite Kickstarter going... (Read More)