chiptune
nounEtymology From chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see chip (“electronic circuit”). Initially in the meaning of modules, as an antonym to 'real' chip music, then generalized/recontextualized.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound.
- Composers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.2007, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion:
- […] it has been so popular with chiptune musicians […]2008, Karen Collins, Game Sound:
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A style of music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips, but ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them; especially (demoscene) a tracker module simulating the sound of early 8-bit computers.
- Related terms
- chipmusic, bitpop, Nintendocore