A waveform generator is a fundamental module in a sound synthesis system. A waveform generator usually produces a basic geometrical waveform with a fixed or variable timbre and variable pitch. Common waveform generator … See more

The heyday of chiptune music was the 1980s. The earliest commercial chiptune records produced entirely from sampling arcade game sounds … See more

The chip scene has become relevant thanks to "compos" being held, groups releasing music disks and with the cracktro/demo scene. New See more

• McAlpine, Kenneth B. (2018). Bits and Pieces: A History of Chiptunes. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-049609-8. See more

The earliest precursors to chip music can be found in the early history of computer music. In 1951, the computers CSIRAC and Ferranti Mark 1 were used to perform real-time synthesized digital music in public. One of the earliest commercial computer music albums came … See more

The Commodore Amiga (1985), with its sample-based sound generation, distanced the concept of microcomputer music away from plain chip-synthesized sounds. Amiga tracker music software, beginning from Karsten Obarski's Ultimate Soundtracker (1987), … See more

MAGFest and Chipspace
Events take place all around the world that focus around the celebration and recognition of … See more