The sixtyforgan: a Commodore 64 with a spring reverb; chiptunes like a church or
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- The sixtyforgan is a Commodore 64 with a spring reverb and a chromatic button accordion keyboard layout.
- Linus Akesson created the Chipophone in 2010, an 8-bit synthesizer inside an electric organ, and later repurposed its spring reverb for the sixtyforgan.
- The chromatic button accordion's layout is highly regular, making it easier to learn scales and chords compared to a piano.
- The button layout allows for easy transposition by moving hand positions, unlike the piano which requires learning different fingerings for each key.
- The design of the chromatic button accordion is influenced by mechanical constraints similar to those of typewriter keyboards.
- The article reflects on how historical design decisions in musical instruments continue to influence modern creations.
- Linus Akesson encourages recombining and transforming old ideas to create new innovations in music technology.