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Hello, Markaffix! And welcome to Battle of the Bits!

I saw you asking on BotB's IRC chat about how you can start making chiptunes, that is great to hear!

There are about as many different tools and approaches to, as many different video game consoles and formats there are; the best place to start, is by deciding to target the video game console, or format whose soundchip you like it's sound qualities the most.

You can find articles with more information about, and tools to create music in formats for video game's console's chiptunes here:
http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/Format

Many BotBrs has joined in the past without ever making chiptune composition before, who later got a big name around the community; usually, the tool most adviced for them to make music for a chiptune, was one named 0CC Famitracker, which targets the Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom's soundchips.

You can find more information about tools used to make music for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Famicom soundchips, in a format named Nintendo Sound Format (Which is commonly abbreviated as NSF), in the article here:
http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/nsf%20(format)

You may download the, currently most popular fork of 0CC Famitracker, named j0CC Famitracker, from here:
https://github.com/jimbo1qaz/j0CC-FamiTracker/releases/download/j0.6.2/j0CC-Famitracker-j0.6.2.exe

As for how to use it, you can find information about the original Nintendo Entertainment System's sound chip capabilities built-in, here:
http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/2a03%20(soundchip)

A tutorial series, made by Ben Burnes, from this URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbGfosQHfm0&list=PLW08UHPY2AEoWhZJVfaE4tUF9jpso8KI0

Another tutorial series, made by 8BitDanooct1, on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwNElW5IEo0&list=PLoNOesbcpZi0fR2GM0equc5TqawfBphVP

A list of effect commands usable in j0CC Famitracker, on the next two articles:
http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/FamiTracker%20Effects%20Commands

And:
http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/0CC-FamiTracker%20Effects%20Commands

You can find more useful articles and tutorials to make chiptune, and music in general, in the pages under Battle of the Bits' lyceum, which you can access by clicking the button labeled as Lyceum on the top of the site!

If you would like to start with another sound chip instead, like the Sega Master System's one, or the one for any other console, please let us know! Either here, making a n00b s0z article (Here, n00b can be used interchangeably with the word fellow; it is why here about everyone refers to others, and call themselves n00bs!), in BotB's IRC channel, as you did earlier, or in the administrator's Discord server, which is bridged to it, and you access to it, and join us there, with this link to it:
https://discord.gg/7k5fgK4

If there are any questions you have, in regards to anything, I am sure you will find a ton of friendly n00bs in the chats to help!

I hope you have a blast around, and to see you participating on competitions!

Cheers!