Definitions
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- noun music A piece of
computer music in which thesounds aregenerated andmixed inrealtime , common in the 1980s before the advent ofmass storage forprerecorded sound.
Etymologies
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Anamanaguchi plays a bionic breed of punk called chiptune that relies on old video-game sound chips.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Anamanaguchi plays a bionic breed of punk called chiptune that relies on old video-game sound chips.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Anamanaguchi is a punk band that's part of an underground music scene known as "chiptune," an emerging form of electronic music that creates a layered sound from limited technology: video-game systems from the '80s.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Anamanaguchi plays a bionic breed of punk called chiptune that relies on old video-game sound chips.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Anamanaguchi plays a bionic breed of punk called chiptune that relies on old video-game sound chips.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Photo: Courtesy blipfestival.org Videogame soundtracks may be on par with Hollywood film soundtracks these days, but the audio upgrade hasn't tempered the enthusiasm of "chiptune" artists who hack, tweak and repurpose old computers and videogame systems to make music of a surprising sonic variety.
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Photo: Courtesy blipfestival.org Videogame soundtracks may be on par with Hollywood film soundtracks these days, but the audio upgrade hasn't tempered the enthusiasm of "chiptune" artists who hack, tweak and repurpose old computers and videogame systems to make music of a surprising sonic variety.
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They'll pogo and stage-dive away to the additive-laden sound of the "chiptune" bands playing live.
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They'll pogo and stage-dive away to the additive-laden sound of the "chiptune" bands playing live.
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They'll pogo and stage-dive away to the additive-laden sound of the "chiptune" bands playing live.
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