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The Commodordion

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  • Presented by Linus Åkesson, software engineer and musician

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

531K views4 years ago3 recommendations

HardwareSystems programmingRetro computingEmbedded systemsAudio and DSP

Linus Åkesson demonstrates and explains the Commodordion, a functional accordion built from Commodore 64 hardware and floppy disk bellows.

A fully functional 8-bit accordion with bellows made out of floppy disks. Learn more about the project: linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php Support my work on Patreon or Steady: patreon.com/linusakesson/ steadyhq.com/linusakesson/ The title cards are a homage to the classic 1973 movie “The Sting” that repopularised the music of Scott Joplin. Recommended! The set-up The performance The montage The tale The end

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3 people recommend this

What people say. Highly recommended as an incredibly creative and impressive feat of retrocomputing hardware hacking and musical performance.

noman-landon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Nine – seemingly impossible C64 demo”

This dude's work is incredible. His entire YouTube channel is amazing. My personal recent favorite, The Commodordion: "A fully functional 8-bit accordion with bellows made out of floppy disks." Legend. link to this video

Joel_Mckayon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Dabblers and Blowhards”

Always in awe of process people even when insolent. ;) In my experience, people who throw around the H word these days are the same lamers you get stuck beside in a plane for 8 hours... talking at you about bitcoin. Talented artists can learn programs with ease, but software guys usually suck at making content that sells. This guy is far more interesting, and perhaps an exception: link to this video

maxdamantuson Hacker News • Recommends

On “Terpstra Keyboard”

…accordion). I made a demo site for playing with the layout (keyboard or touchscreen), but without velocity sensitivity: link The B-griff/C-griff layouts naturally fit computer keyboards, and I'd argue they're better in general than piano layouts for various reasons. There's also this cool video of someone using two Commodores for similar effect: link to this video EDIT: turns out the Terpstra keyboard is also able to work using B-griff: link…

hkwerfon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Glyptodont Performed on the Qwertar?”

Other noteworthy other instruments of Linus Åkesson are also the Chipophone ( link ) and the Commordion ( link to this video ).