Anyone on wipeoutzone a fan of chiptunes?

[billychanxtr33m]

i am a pretty big fan of chiptunes, anyone else?

"but what are chiptunes?" you ask. basically: chiptunes are music which has been generated with old sound chips, (both actual hardware and emulated) and more famously, the sound chips of retro video game consoles.

"but where might i find chiptunes?" you ask. my, aren't you inquisitive! i just happen to know a few sites that can do a great job of introducing you to this great genre.

http://www.8bitpeoples.com/
THE free download netlabel when it comes to chiptunes. head over to the discography and take a look around, you are bound to find something you like.

http://www.iimusic.net/
another amazing netlabel. not all downloads on pause are free, but they have some of the best artists around.

http://www.micromusic.net/
users upload all the tracks at micromusic. every couple of months, only the best of all the songs uploaded are actually published on the page. guest time is limited, but i am pretty sure guests can download. i really love the site design of micromusic, you should totally check it out.

http://8bitcollective.com/
another user site, but this time anyone can upload tracks. it used to be a more intimate community, but at the time of this post has over 11,000 registered users! if you want constant fresh content, or just a place to show off your own work, 8bitcollective is the place to go.

those are the basics as far as links go. my main wipeout hd playlist has quite a few chiptunes on it. you really haven't lived until you zone with blips and bleeps.

i am pretty interested to see if there are a lot of folks here that are already familiar with chiptunes. if not, hopefully some of you will be into it. btw, i make a few tracks of my own. they aren't any good, but if you are interested- http://www.myspace.com/gogochipchampion

[GreenPhazon]

I like NES and SNES music. Mainly for the melodies though, the timbres can beocme annoying.

[slimjim]

wow some nice sites there

[AG-wolf]

http://www.plopbox.net/
http://iiichan.net/boards/music/
http://amp.dascene.net/home.php
http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/UnExoticA

Tracker music, demoscene, etc etc etc.

I wish I could say I live for it, but alas I have never had the attention-span to attempt composing. ModPlug Tracker, FastTracker, and pxTone are all ludicrously easy to sorta get your feet wet but I never got around to it :/

also; somewhat related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ7q8PXOfq4&fmt=18
lol

[billychanxtr33m]

nice links ag-wolf
here is a good site if you are into amiga music- http://www.mazemod.org/
also liked that lotus music in your race, not to be link crazy but.... here is a c64 cover by the great dalezy- http://8bitcollective.com/music/dale...s+3+%28c64%29/

[AG-wolf]

D: ..... D: D: !

.sid now plz! o_o

[billychanxtr33m]

this looks like the right place- ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/dalezy/musick/sid/
enjoy!

[AG-wolf]

lol no i meant I wanted the original source file of that lotus remix mp3; I hate when tracked music is converted and encoded to an mp3

[Aeroracer]

Anyone on wipeoutzone a fan of chiptunes?

I was a fan of the chipmonks when i was like 10 if thats what you mean.
I might get thei tunes and load them onto wipeout see if it improves my times

[billychanxtr33m]

ummmm that link was teh sid files 0.x

[AG-wolf]

oh mybad there it is... I dont know what I thought it was, my brain is 4 million places at once right now so I couldn't really focus

[YouAreFubar]

Hmmm. Its not really my thing. The melodies can be quite catchy sometimes, but the sounds get very 'samey' after a while. On a similar note, I think circuit-bending is also quite interesting but not necessarily the music you create with the instruments youve hacked.

Im also not really a fan of Trackers either, I find commercial DAW's more user friendly to me (I use Ableton Live for my music production).