Chiptune

Chiptunes are (in the original sense of the word) tracked audio modules (such as .MOD, .XM, .IT and .S3M etc) that emulate a primitive electronic sound, using only – or mostly – very small samples. This type of music started in the late 1980s on the Amiga, by composers like Nuke, Facet & 4-Mat, as a way of imitating chipmusic. “Chipmusic”, on the other hand, refers to music that is actually synthesized by a sound chip (such as SID, 2A03/07, TIA or AY/YM), and dates back to the late 1970s. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: hai! Robotto

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Dec 12 Saturday 12 December 2009
Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan at Red Room at Red Room Tristan Perich, Lesley Flanigan	Red Room Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, United States 39.289597 -76.609687	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 17 Thursday 17 December 2009
Blip Festival 2009 at The Bell House Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Random, Covox, Psilodump, Minusbaby, glomag, David Sugar	The Bell House Brooklyn, New York, United States 40.67351 -73.991632	35 people attending 5 shouts
Jan 1 Friday 1 January 2010
Cancelled Steve	Bijou Theater Knoxville TN, United States 35.962598 -83.916681	1 person attending Add shout
Mar 18 Thursday 18 March 2010
Tao at Berklee Performance Center Tao	Berklee Performance… Boston MA, United States 42.34696 -71.08739	Add shout Buy Tickets
Apr 3 Saturday 3 April 2010
Tao: the Martial Art of Drumming at CNU Ferguson Center for the Arts Tao	CNU Ferguson Center… Newport News, VA, Virginia Beach, United States 37.061534 -76.493308	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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blowyrgourd wrote:
yesterday morning

worst genre?

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Scython wrote:
Sunday evening

she <3

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emonemomen wrote:
last week

come to indonesia for playing in www.myspace.com/pestamikro . cheers

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noo_dog wrote:
last week

anyone else think the wiki is a little bit technical? Can we combine some of the technical accuracy with the simplicity of older versions like: http://www.last.fm/tag/chiptune/wiki?ver=3

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el_Zychu_Szatan wrote:
last week

www.myspace.com/8bytecnt

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vesmol wrote:
last month

Mushroom story

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MrLJM wrote:
last month

Why has Kaiser Chiefs been added to the recently added albums?!

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mobocaster wrote:
October 2009

I recommend http://www.last.fm/music/Zoledian for all of you chiptunelovers!

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Arkholt wrote:
October 2009

Hmm, but viznut... how can you tell the difference between real chip music and tracker chiptunes simply by listening to it? I'm sure there are those that can, but I'm not one of them... :)

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viznut wrote:
October 2009

Allright, I seemed to care enough to actually update the description.

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viznut wrote:
October 2009

The difference: "Chip music" is music whose waveforms are actually synthesized by an actual sound chip (such as SID, AY/YM, POKEY, etc). "Chiptune" originally refers exclusively to sample-based tracker music (.mod, .s3m, .xm, etc.) which is made to SOUND LIKE chipmusic. Nowadays, the term is generally used interchangeably with "chip music", but there are still some guys who want to retain the original meaning of the term. I personally use the term "tracker chiptune" to distinguish the latter category, and I have no problems with actual chip music being called "chiptunes" as well. Actually, on-chip synthesis was the first thing that came to my mind when I first heard the word "chiptune" around 1992 or so.

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noquierodecirte wrote:
October 2009

I'm loving this shit! =D

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oldfolkshome wrote:
October 2009

CHIPTUNES HAS REVIVED THEM ALL.

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8gb wrote:
September 2009

There's a huge difference, when you consider this to be a "genre" created well before 2002, actually, morel ike 1982 :/

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acker_ wrote:
September 2009

"Not to be confused with Chipmusic"? what the hell is the difference?

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8gb wrote:
September 2009

I love how the definition of the tag says "Not to be confused with Chipmusic", but none of the artists tagged here are chiptune, but chipmusic.

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maladziec wrote:
September 2009

pegasus elemis

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bartoszbartosz wrote:
August 2009

http://www.myspace.com/zilogz8 :3

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Hikaru6818 wrote:
August 2009

makes me go on a quest x)

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Keen235 wrote:
August 2009

sounds like im at home hehe

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