History Main / Chiptune

* Some members of the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' music team; though not all of them. [[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]] is the most noticeable.

Many Yamaha FM synthesis chips are known for a warmer and/or fuller sound. Tend to be less popular then PSG because of complexity:

* Dan "Myoosic" Rogers (composer of the ''VideoGame/MystikBelle'' and ''Spunk and Moxie'' soundtracks)

* Dan Rogers (composer of the ''VideoGame/MystikBelle'' and ''Spunk and Moxie'' soundtracks)

* Music/{{Anamanaguchi}} (Fused with punk rock and became very popular with their work in the Scott Pilgrim video game)

** Music/OCRemix is heavily associated with the Chiptune scene as well; however in general they tend to make instrumental versions of originally Chiptune songs.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDv8Wzo_VjBfHnqWQaLvCJw Hertzdevil]], who uses [=LSDj=] as one of his tools. His most prolific album is the [[Franchise/MegaMan MEGA]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ZUN]] collection.

* [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ZUN]]

A word of warning before you go hunting for Chiptunes: the good ones tend to be {{Ear Worm}}s.

* Music/TobyFox

* Some members of the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' music team; though not all of them.
** [[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]] is the most noticeable.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDv8Wzo_VjBfHnqWQaLvCJw Hertzdevil]], who uses [=LSDj=] as one of his tools. His most prolific album is the [[Franchise/MegaMan MEGA]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ZUN]] collection.[[/index]]
* Some members of the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[[index]] music team; though not all of them. [[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]] is the most noticeable.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDv8Wzo_VjBfHnqWQaLvCJw Hertzdevil]], who uses [=LSDj=] as one of his tools. His most prolific album is the [[Franchise/MegaMan MEGA]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ZUN]] collection.
* Some members of the [[/index]]''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[[index]] music team; though not all of them. [[Creator/TobyFox Toby "Radiation" Fox]] is the most noticeable.

* Some members of the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' music team; though not all of them. Toby "Radiation" Fox is the most noticeable.

** In turn, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDv8Wzo_VjBfHnqWQaLvCJw Hertz Devil]] has produced a series of 8-bit PSG ''Touhou'' remixes, collectively known as ''Mega ZUN'' after ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.

* Music/InformationSociety's remix/cover of Music/{{Devo}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuqBmJqqSH0 "Beautiful World"]].

* [[Music/MagnusPalsson Magnus Pålsson]], aka [[http://www.souleye.se/home SoulEye]], best known for composing the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''.

* Extreme purists that are only interested in writing or hearing music specifically reproduced by the sound chip in question (or ''maybe'' an emulator for that chip). Examples: music written in LSDJ on a GameBoy, or NSF / SID files written in a system-specific tracker (to be replayed by the system or at least some plugin)

* Creator/{{Atari}} produced custom chips called TIA and POKEY. The TIA was found in the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} and UsefulNotes/{{Atari 7800}}, and it also drove graphics. The POKEY, which did POtentiometer (rotary paddles) and KEYboard handling, was in UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers, the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 5200}}, various UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s (some even used two or four), and even some 7800 cartridges as expansion sound.

* Sony [=SPC700=]: SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM2203 OPN]]: [[{{PC88}} PC-8801mkIISR]], numerous UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM2608 OPNA]]: Later [[PC88 PC-88]] and [[PC98 PC-98]] models

* Music/{{Listie}}

* [[Music/YouLoveHerCosShesDead You Only Love Her Coz Shes Dead]]

An interesting quirk of Chiptunes is that they come out either sounding awesome or like crap, and there is generally no middle ground. And on the listener side, well, [[LoveItOrHateIt you'll either think it's great, or you'll think it rubbish]]. [[TakeAThirdOption On the other hand, though, depending on what kind of listener you are, you may also think it doesn't interest you OR it has one flaw among the other awesome aspects of composition OR the Capcom's monkiers have become too old and such, so]] decide for yourself!

** OCRemix is heavily associated with the Chiptune scene as well; however in general they tend to make instrumental versions of originally Chiptune songs.

Another interesting quirk that chiptunes share with General UsefulNotes/{{MIDI}} is that they can be stored in numerous native formats that take up very little space. A full song can be stored in around 10 kilobytes, compared to perhaps 10 megabytes for an MP3 file. This makes them the ultimate in bandwidth friendly music, particularly if you are stuck on dial-up Internet.