Chiptune music (8bit)

rkarhu

Finland570 Posts

June 09 2009 09:26 GMT

I've recently been introduced to chiptune music by a friend of mine and I'm really digging the 8-bit tunes that remind me so much of my childhood NES games. Are there other chiptune diggers here at TL and futheremore are there ppl that compose chiptune music using gameboys or other software?

To get you started on chiptune music I recommend visiting 8-bit collective at http://8bitcollective.com. You can find some pretty awesome music there and if you are an oldschool console gamer I recommend you to visit just for the nostalgia factor.

Feel free to share your favorite chiptunes!

CFDragon

United States304 Posts

June 09 2009 10:00 GMT

nullsleep.com Has some pretty sweet chiptunes. I heard a group, I think it was called 8 Bit Weapon, they were good as well.

[edit] PS, Chiptunes rule.

Artifex

Belgium189 Posts

June 09 2009 10:46 GMT

Sabrepulse is also a very gifted artist, he's my favorite :D. You can find all of his chiptunes on the web, and he's made a LOT :p almost every album is a different style, so i'm sure you'll find something you like.

this is one of my personal favorites:

MuR)Ernu

Finland768 Posts

June 09 2009 11:10 GMT

i love chiptunes <3

I think that the sega megadrive (genesis in usa) has the best sound clip

Alizee-

United States845 Posts

June 09 2009 11:24 GMT

I've loved chiptunes for years, they use them in mainstream music in bits and pieces. (puns are fun) Just such a cool unique sound, electric has a heart!

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

June 09 2009 11:29 GMT

You should really look into the oldschool 8bit artists that stay true to the genre instead of using 20channels full of samples.

Look up the following if you haven't.

Dubmood (Godlike)
Ghidorah
Maktone
Goto80
Zabutom
16 Beat
Dualtrax
Arachno
Tempest
Blz

kefkalives

Australia1272 Posts

June 09 2009 11:54 GMT

Depreciation guild combines chip tunes with physical instruments. In Her Gentle Jaws is an amazing album.

R3condite

Korea (South)1541 Posts

June 09 2009 13:09 GMT

haha omgosh this brings bak good memories

jikoo

France2 Posts

July 25 2009 02:00 GMT

Hi everybody,

I would like to share to you my webpage dedicated to chipmusic (8bit music, lo-fi music, micromusic, chiptune) :
http://www.woolyss.free.fr/chipmusic.php

You will find many links to :
- VSTi plugins(freewares mainly) directly downloadable, sorted by emulation type
- good chiptrackers (without hardware emulator)
- chiptune webradios
- chiptune composers
- chiptune netlabels
- chiptune hardwares
- chiptune generators
- more and more audio demos about each VSTi plugin !

Thank you. Enjoy !

Loser777

1931 Posts

July 25 2009 02:10 GMT

#10

I listen to a lot of SIDs and stuff from the Keygen Music collection... definitely stuff you should check out if you like chiptunes.

jikoo

France2 Posts

July 25 2009 14:27 GMT

#11

yes I know Keygen Music collection. It's a good website about chiptunes.

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

July 25 2009 15:23 GMT

#12

Bamf.

Quazar was better at tracking high quality tracks, but this be rockin'.

- Funky Stars -

Composed in jan. -96
by: Quazar of Sanxion

In these days of
1meg/32chnl/16bit-
tunes, we have to
preserve the memory
of the tiny-tunes,
from which we all
come from.