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May 14, 2008

What is a chiptune? According to Wikipedia it’s:

music written in sound formats where all the sounds are synthesized in realtime by a computer or video game console sound chip, instead of using sample-based synthesis.

Got it? Never mind, just think back to the kind of music video games had back in the eighties (if you’re old enough).

8bitcollective.com is an “open chiptune-related media repository….” I posted earlier about the awesome My Bloody Valentine cover by Unicorn Dream Attack. There are more great ones to be found. Go explore for yourself.

Links:
8bitcollective.com
(I especially liked this one by Joedouken.)
Also try www.micromusic.net