chiptune
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see chip (“electronic circuit”).
Noun[edit]
chiptune (plural chiptunes)
- (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.
- 2007, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion:
- Composers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.
- 2008, Karen Collins, Game Sound:
- […] it has been so popular with chiptune musicians […]
- (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.