Chiptune: Difference between revisions

Broadly a '''chiptune''', also known as '''chip music''' or '''8-bit music''' is a piece of [[electronic music]] produced by using [[sound chip]]s that were used in in home computer, game consoles or arcade machines popular in the 1980s into the 1990s.<ref name="pp">''[http://www.zenpho.co.uk/PhillPhelps-ChiptuneSynth.pdf A modern implementation of chiptune synthesis]'' by Philip Phelps</ref><ref>''[https://archive.is/20140620104428/http://www.djz.com/news/best-chiptune-8bit-music-artists/ Top 5 Chiptune Artists]'' by Ian Friedman</ref><ref>''[http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/96/94 Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes]'' by Kevin Driscoll and Joshua Diaz, Transformative Works and Cultures, Vol. 2, 2009</ref> In spite of often being called "8-bit music", a chiptune can also refer to music made on computers with other bitsizes, such as 16-bit music.

== See also ==

 

== References ==

== Further reading ==

* ''[http://www.zenpho.co.uk/PhillPhelps-ChiptuneSynth.pdf A modern implementation of chiptune synthesis]'' by Philip Phelps. Appendix 4. Sound chip hardware research, details the various ICs that were used in systems of the 1980s and 1990s.

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune Chiptune], Wikipedia

* [http://electronicmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Chiptune Chiptune], Electronic Music Wiki