Bleeps and the like.

Work in progress

Sketches, experiments and examples.

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: Corroscope.

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.

Prism [redux].

I’m just checking my brand new/old 130 XE. The tune 'Prism’ is pretty old (2016). However, it has been slightly rearranged and polished.

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable files:

PRISMR.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 bumblebee.

I couldn’t resist. This sound just called for something like 'The Flight of the Bumblebee’ by Rimsky-Korsakov.

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

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

BUMBLE.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.

A short demonstration of deep dark bass sound produced with POKEY/Raster Music Tracker.

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

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

DEEPBASS.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

POKEY chiptune guitar.

No samples have been used. Just pure POKEY capabilities

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

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

GUITAR.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.

A few shades of POKEY chiptune bass.

A short demonstration of modulating pulse width with POKEY/Raster Music Tracker.

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

You can download the Atari 8-bit executable file:

AFEWBASS.xex

The file has been created with RMT2LZSS converter by Rensoup.