anyone into chiptune music?

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bellulah
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anyone into chiptune music?

Post by bellulah » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:18 am

the title says it all... i just was wondering if anyone else was into it at all. for anyone who wants
examples, check out 8bitpeoples.com

it's when people sample noises from 8-bit games and manipulate them into songs. it's a really
creative form of music in my opinion, and if you're into games and into music it's a no-brainer!

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Post by Horprodukt » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:57 am

I love that kind of music.... SID tunes, 8 bit chip tunes etc....



Good C64 chiptune site, with downloadable mp3 mixes....

http://blibbblobb.blogspot.com/


more mp3 downloads..

http://8bitmayhem.untergrund.net/

(scroll down right hand side, look for my recommendation to start you off - Episode #9 - The Party Episode - (go 10 minutes in to the half hour episode is a great track))


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Icarus
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I love chiptunes

Post by Icarus » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:29 pm

I listen to them while coding at work:
My favorite 8-bit peoples album right now is Trash80: Icarus, and not just because of the name.
I also like Lo-bat: Game Boy.

Visit chiptune.com to see their sweet DHTML homage to Amiga and download some cool tunes.

I also listen to a lot of kohina.org while at work.

~Icarus

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Post by Horprodukt » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:55 am

Nice. That's some great stuff there i'd not heard of.... i'll have a good listen today.

I did buy a great cd a while back.... 8-Bit Operators The Music of Kraftwerk:

http://8bitoperators.com/

The Audio & MP3 section has samples from each track on the album.


If you like Synth music there's a great band i recently discovered called Redshift. Not 8 bit music, but they use retro keyboards from the 70's and 80's and have a great old school electronic feeling.
Here they are performing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbVwhMZWI0U
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Post by zodiacprime » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:27 pm

If you like yours pure check out SC68 Player at the iPhone appstore.

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