**-- this krap dumped from original krap lyceum page --**
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
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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
A Tracker is 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