Retro console teardown meets audio hacking: turning classic hardware into sonic experiments.
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a Japanese Famicom? Well I did. Particularly what that microphone in controller 2 is like. Luckily, last summer when I was in Japan, I found a “junk” Famicom console for under $6 and, in this video, I break it down to check out what’s going on inside. I open up the controllers and the main system, extract the microphone, and wire it into a custom circuit to hear what it sounds like.
This is part teardown, part audio experiment, and completely perfect for fans of retro tech, DIY audio, and creative sound design.
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