Chiptunes are not a genre / me complaining that alot of chiptune people are dens

[Nando]

There is something about the NES/GB soundtracks though.

Yes, Nintendo dominated the market after the crash and became embedded into our psyche. From the sound to the style to what the majority of people view as games. Hell even Mario is about as well known as Mickey Mouse and Spiderman. There's no denying the power of their brand.

It comes down to the 'ol techno music = All EDM (electronic dance music) argument.

Long live the underground where the sweet stuff is always concocted and may it go mainstream to edumacate the masses!


Ark, you should still put stuff out. At let it speak for it self.

[Arkhan]

I always planned on it at some point, but I've been too busy with the other aetherbytestuff.


Maybe I will come up with something and wail over it with my guitar and go LOLPCECHIPTUNEMETALROCKS

and see if it starts a revolution.   

It wont.   Unless Kotaku says its cool.

[Nando]

I always planned on it at some point, but I've been too busy with the other aetherbytestuff.

I figured. Still waiting on that squirrel tutorial. You are done with your paper right?  HAHAH I keed, I keed...

[Arkhan]

yep.

as of like a weekish ago.

It's on my list for this weekend.  I got my MIDI keyboard back from my buddy, so now it'll be more-tutorialable

Without it, its not as fun.

[guyjin]

So I've been working a lot of overtime for the last month or so, and have been listening to an internet streaming station that plays chiptunes.

At least there, it seems that about half the music is made with a NES, 40% is SID stuff, and 10% everything else (gameboy, POKEY, Yamaha FM, etc). Some of it is good, some is not so good. Such is life. Why get worked up over it?

[Arkhan]

Such is life. Why get worked up over it?

I think perhaps it's because of my age bracket.   I am surrounded by those people in that late teen - late 20's grouping that are all really f*cking mindless and do dumb shit all the time, in unison

[Tatsujin]

lol, like this thread, really like it

[Tatsujin]

btw, now evrybody can mek cheptunes with google toppaeg.

http://www.google.com

whole four channels to do some seriious shit.

[kazekirifx]

I like both pure chiptunes and also chiptunes with other instruments added. Both are cool to me, and I've gotten used to and come to accept the use of the term to refer to both. I'm not sure I agree with it, but the term has become accepted to most people.

Personal preference here, but I do also prefer that the original chips are used, in both cases above. Honestly, though, I doubt I could tell the difference just by listening.

I also wish there was more usage of soundchips other than NES and Gameboy. Personally, Yamaha FM is where it's at in my book. It's obvious why NES and Gameboy are over-represented though. The systems were and are more widely played than others, and the sound is distinct and recognizeable to more people... at least more so than the sound of most other systems. Therefore NES/GB sound is going to stimulate that nostalgia nerve for more people out there. Deal with it.

[Arkhan]

I honestly think the SID chip should be at the front of all this chiptune bullshiznittle.

If I wasn't working on game programming, right before I started it actually, I was using a C64 w/ 2 SIDs in it as a beat machine to play guitar and synth over


It was badass.   I stopped doing that to make games though, lol.


I wouldn't be as angry about it if there was more education about this crap.   It's the equivalent of a metal band having no idea what the hell a Marshall amp is.

[Tatsujin]

LOL, that goes for almost every music genre which needs its right education. Too much peeps out there doing too much shit everyday and everywhere. Noone can or ever will be able to stop that.

[storino03]

I call those synthetic sounds, midi's.

[Tatsujin]

Midi itself has nothing to do with that. Midi is only a pure music sheet.

[Otaking]

all gay.

needs more Scotch Egg  
Pure win

[Tatsujin]

lol. pure noise!