8BITAR HERO: PROCEDURALLY GENERATED ROCK BAND FROM REAL-TIME NES AUDIO

Filed under “something I had no idea I wanted to do, until I realized I had the opportunity to do it”: Insignificant Studios’ 8bitar Hero procedurally generates four Rock Band patterns from the audio of someone playing an emulated NES game, all in real-time.

If it sounds a little bit like magic, maybe start with Insignificant’s ‘For Dummies’ explanation (essentially summarized above), then dip a toe into the technical chart, then perhaps graduate to the full, exhaustive ‘For Intellectuals’ writeup to see what’s happening behind the scenes.

Creator Arthur ‘Mr. Podunkian’ Lee (also behind indie PC platformer The Underside) is still working out the final UI kinks, but plans to have the final kit together by the end of spring, at which point it will hopefully become a mainstay of retro-geek parties everywhere.

8bitar Hero home [Insignificant, via TIGSource]