Experiments – makary brauner

Sketches, experiments and examples.

We are the noise makers

Raw 8-bit chiptune music created with Raster Music Tracker 1.34, recorded with real Atari 130XE hardware, and visualized using Corrscope.

Technical Details: No samples, 3× per frame

Recording Setup: Real hardware – stock Atari 130 XE

Tracker Used: Raster Music Tracker 1.34 by vinscool

Visualization Tool: Corrscope https://github.com/corrscope/corrscope

#Chiptune #Atari #RetroGaming #8BitMusic #NoiseMusic

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

NOISEMB.xex

Automata

This tune got 2nd place at the Silly Venture 2025 SE music competition.

Technical: no samples; 2x/frame.

Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.

Tracker: Raster Music Tracker 1.34 by @VinsCool .

Visualization: Corrscope https://github.com/corrscope/corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

AUTOMB.xex

Sync effect

Here I’m using the POKEY’s 2-tone filter to get a kind of sync effect.

Technical: no samples; 1x/frame
Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker 1.34 by VinsCool.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

SIGNALS.xex

Remember Me?

Just fooling around with 8x/frame instrument speed 😉

Technical: no samples; 8x/frame
Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker 1.34.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

REMEMBER.xex

Another POKEY chiptune guitar

No samples have been used. Just pure POKEY capabilities. Created in RMT patch 1.8 made by Analmux. It uses E distortion. The guitar riff comes from 'Smoke on the Water’ by Deep Purple of course.

Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker, patch8 by Analmux
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

SMOKE.xex

Fake POKEY acid

POKEY has no low-pass filter. So no resonance, no cut-off, and no real acid sound. It’s just POKEY acid.

Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

PKYACID.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

Wobbling POKEY

This is not a cover of 'Moment of Stop’ by Dariusz 'Dhor’ Duma. Great tunes should be left as they are. But… It’s just my humble way to express my huge appreciation of Dhor’s innovative approach to POKEY sound design and composition. It has been inspiring me for years.

Recording: real hardware, a stock Atari 130 XE.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corroscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

WOBBLE.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

Give this POKEY sound a name please

The leading sound is cool I think. But the usage is not so. So it’s just work in regress.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Converter and visualization: RMT2LZSS.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

REGRESS.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY break8bit

Breaks and the like with a lot of POKEY 'filtering’ and without samples.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

BREAKBIT.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY 'buzzer’ sound

It’s an attempt to get a kind of a 'buzzer’ sound. This type of sound can be produced with AY and YM chips. In the case of POKEY, the volume control mode is used.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

BUZZER.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

Neuro POKEY

Drum’n’bass example produced by POKEY/Raster Music Tracker.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

NEUROPKY.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY goes punk or whatever

It’s about speed and rhythm and distorted sounds produced by POKEY/Raster Music Tracker.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

CHIPPUNK.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY swing & chipfunk

Swing and chipfunk vibe produced by POKEY/Raster Music Tracker.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

PKYSWING.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY rudimentary sawtooth & the art of noise and failure

A sawtooh-like bass sound generated by POKEY / Raster Music Tracker.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

SAWTOOTH.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY as a beat machine

A short demonstration of beats with drum instruments produced by POKEY/Raster Music Tracker. No samples have been used.

Recording: Altirra.
Tracker: Raster Music Tracker.
Visualization: Corrscope.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

BEATMACH.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY deep bass drone