The classic SP0256-AL2 speech chip has featured a few times on these pages, and if you’ve not seen the actual part before, you almost certainly have heard the resulting audio output. The latest Python ...

There are many venerable soundchips in the chiptune pantheon, of which the AY-3-8910 is perhaps one of the lesser known. Having not served on active duty for Nintendo or Commodore it’s somewhat ...

As regular listeners of our HipTrax music podcast can attest, I am a big fan of chiptunes. The incredibly dedicated and staggeringly creative community that has sprung from the simple concept of ...

When you think of pop music, what do you think of? Do you think of top 40 radio and the mindless drones that populate the three chord airwaves? Do you think of traditional vocalists mixed with the ...

Ever owned a Gameboy? If so, unless your mom forced you to keep the volume off, you’ve probably heard chiptunes before. Also known as 8-bit music, chiptunes are songs made with the actual sound chips ...

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Blip Festival New York 2012 is one of the world’s largest gatherings for chip musicians, who play using the Game Boy, NES, or other old gaming consoles. Blip Festival New York 2012 is one of the world ...

Whether the art form is film, music or some experimental amalgam of the two, SXSW’s leading contributors make room for it. That fact became especially clear on Wednesday night, when Austin’s old ...

As you may or may not be aware there is an entire scene of people demaking popular songs into 8-bit blips and bloops. While chiptunes, in general, have always attracted the most circuit-minded of ...

If you’ve ever been curious about chiptune music, the music made from video game hardware, but were afraid to go off and get your own hacked Gameboy, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Reformat the ...

Chiptune music – tunes made using hacked sound chips from video game hardware – is as well-known to many gamers who snap to the nostalgic bleeps and bloops as it is known to fans of creative ...