Definitions For Chiptune

Noun

CHIPTUNE (plural CHIPTUNEs) (music) A piece#noun, piece of computer music in which the sound#noun, sounds are generated and mix#verb, mixed in realtime, common#adjective, common before the advent#noun, advent of mass storage for prerecorded#adjective, prerecorded sound. (music genre) A style#noun, style of music that sample#verb, samples or emulate#verb, emulates the audio#adjective, audio capability, capabilities of old#adjective, older sound chip#noun, chips, but ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them. (music, demoscene) tracker#noun, tracker module, modules simulate#verb, simulating the sound of early 8-bit computers, like {{w, Commodore 64}}, usually small in size#verb, size and often used in cracktro, cracktros.

Related terms

chipmusic

Etymology

from chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see {{m + en + chip + + electronic/"/>module/">electronic circuit}}. initially in the meaning of [[module + href="/define/modules, as an antonym to 'real' chip music, then generalized/recontextualized./">modules]], as an antonym to 'real' chip music, then generalized/recontextualized.