Super Audio Boy

The sound of the legendary grey handheld video game system captured in a virtual instrument with supreme sound design power! Create authentic retro / chiptune music OR modern sounds with the full 4-layer synth engine cut from Super Audio Cart. This instrument is completely FREE!

Suggested Price: $5

1312 in stock (can be backordered)

MSRP: $0

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    Authentic and
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    Deep Customization
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    Authentic and
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    Deep Customization
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    Inspiring
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    Easy-to-Use
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Audio Demos

  1. Korobeiniki Traditional (arr. Andrew Aversa) 0:53
  2. Never DMGed (100% Super Audio Boy) bLiNd 1:29
  3. Tangledeep Dungeon (100% Super Audio Boy) Andrew Aversa 1:13
  4. Shades of Grey (100% Super Audio Boy) bLiNd 1:20
  5. Etrian Odyssey III - The First Campaign Yuzo Koshiro 2:24

Product Info

Content

One legendary grey handheld game system

Recorded using actual hardware and meticulously edited to preserve authenticity and character.

All key waveforms multisampled

Four pulses, two saws, two triangles, and two additive waves.

Extra PCM drum samples + waveforms

Percussive sounds created both using noise and PCM samples. Multiple sound menus plus 6 premade drumkits available.

Over 50 authentic & modern presets

Plucks, leads, basses, sequences, and more.

Power FX racks

Five independent FX racks with eight modules each for extra processing and sound mangling.

Komplete Kontrol Keyboard

Features

Four independent sound source layers
Integrated sound source browser
Per-layer synthesis and playback engines
Poly arpeggiator, gate & sequencer
64-slot modulation matrix

Requirements

1688641251image+4+(1)
100MB disk space

7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.

4GB of RAM

Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.

Kontakt 5.5.2+ Full Version

This library is NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player.

Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS

Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)

Kontakt Requirements - Windows

Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.

Tutorials

Instrument Trailer

(SAC) Advanced Editing, Arpeggiator and Sequencer

(SAC) Effects Rack and Modulation Matrix

Details

Super Audio Boy is a loving tribute to a certain grey handheld video game system that has become a legend in its own right. With well over 100 million units sold, the “GB” needs no further introduction, other than to mention that its sound chip has survived well-after the regular life span of the handheld and spawned multiple entire genres of music!

For this reason, when we wanted to make a free version of Super Audio Cart, we decided that the GB was the ideal system to use. Super Audio Boy uses the same incredible 4-layer synth, arp, FX, and mod engine from Super Audio Cart, but exclusively features the GB sound sources. Every waveform has been meticulously sampled from the actual hardware – no emulation here – and then carefully edited for use in Kontakt.

With Super Audio Boy, you can easily create authentic GB-style music, modern chiptunes, OR take the sounds in a modern direction with the extensive feature set from Super Audio Cart. We can’t wait to hear what you do with this FREE instrument!

Reviews

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Super Audio Cart – ANR

“Super Audio Cart is a Kontakt-based virtual instrument that is a tribute to the golden age of video gaming. If your next sound design project requires some 8-bit treatments, now you know where to find a quality source.” (Audio News Room)

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Testimonial – Danny Baranowsky (Crypt of the NecroDancer, Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy)

“Super Audio Cart fills a niche in my chiptune arsenal that has been sorely lacking. The SNES-style patches sound so authentic, and the multi-chip patches bring usability and versatility I haven’t seen in a chiptune instrument before.”