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generalizations on chip music and scene --
8-bit Punk

: Wired magazine's hype on the chip music scene
chiptune

: wikipidia article
trez & brioche's faq

: a faq by chip music dj's



<span class="tb3">Commodore 64</span><br>
<b>MOS6581 SID</b> (Sound Interface Device)<br>
3 voices, 4 selectable waveforms, ADSR envelopes, lowpass/bandpass/highpass/notch filter + more
<br><br>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="right" width="125"><b><a href="http://www.viceteam.org/">VICE</a> :</b></td>
<td>a series of Commodore computer emulators for many operating systems</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" align="right"><b><a href="http://covertbitops.c64.org/">covert bitops</a> :</b></td>
<td>home of <a href="http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=13367">Goat Tracker</a> for Windows - my favorite SID tracker (even if it is cross-platform development)</td></tr>
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<b><a href="http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=18605">polly tracker v1.1</a> :</b></td>
<td>for C64, Aleksi Eeben's amazing sample-based music editor
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Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicon
Ricoh 2A03 (Nintendo's integrated CPU for sound synthesis)
2 square voices, 1 triangle voice, 1 noise voice, 1 DPCM (sample) channel

FamiTracker

: tracker composition tool for Windows FamiTracker_Effects_Commands

mck/mll guide

: by nullsleep - good read; all around very helpful

nerdtracker ii

: for DOS, will work with DOS emulation like vdmSound

or DOSbox

2A03.org

: the NES music archive website

2a03.free.fr

: chiptune upload site






Trackers
sample-based music editing applications - originated on the Amiga, expanded on the PC/DOS


tracker

: wikipedia article with lots of links
impulse tracker

: for DOS, my personal favorite, you can get it to run in WinXP with some fidgiting

madtracker

: for Windows, this is a fancy-pants modern tracker, supports XM in 'fast tracker' mode
milky tracker

: for Windows MacOSX PocketPC, a Fast Tracker clone that works on modern technology! saves XM and MOD
modplug tracker

: for Windows, supports MOD S3M XM & IT, download Old Version EXE - comes with 20kb demo song - i found setting up instruments confusing...
soundtracker

: for Unix based on Fast Tracker, supports MOD & XM