How is chiptune made?
Chiptune music, or chip music, is produced using video game consoles and old-fashioned home computer technology, primarily from the 1980s. And tech-minded musicians use third-party software to tap the machines' sound chips to produce original forms of output through the devices.
What is a chiptune tracker?
Tracker chiptunes are based on very short looped waveforms which are modulated by tracker effects such as arpeggio, vibrato, and portamento. Musicians like Random Voice later included the technique of rapidly repeating series of offset waveforms in order to fully emulate one single SID instrument with trackers.
What is the best 8-bit music software?
- Online 8-Bit and 16-Bit Music Makers. BeepBox. Scratch 8-Bit Maker. Online Sequencer. MusicLab.
- The Best 8-Bit and 16-Bit VSTs (Chiptune VSTs) Peach. ymVST. SAC. Magical 8bit Plug. chipsounds. TAL-NoiseMaker. Synth1.
- Best Chiptune Phone Apps. nanoloop. TonePad. 8-bit Music Maker.