#aesthetics
- Chiptune — what the word means conceptTwo related things share the name:
- Realism in tracked music concept"Realism" was the 1990s PC-scene word for modules that try to sound like a recording of real instruments or a commercial production — large, carefully sampled instruments instead of the few-kilobyte waveforms of a …
- chipmusic.org — What are the typical C64/SID sounds/instruments? (2015) summaryA keyboard player joining a video-game cover band (in the vein of Press Play on Tape or Machinae Supremacy) asks which sounds make a SID tune sound like a SID tune, and how to fake them on a rompler (Yamaha MOXF6, Korg …
- little-scale — Syncing something *to* LSDJ, and the un-sync piece (2006–2008) summaryEvery other post in this series makes the Game Boy a slave. These two make it the master clock for the rest of the studio — and the third, from 2006, throws the clock away entirely.
- TW #99 — Why Tracking Is The Perfect Artform (anonymous) summaryAn enthusiast's "top reasons for tracking like crazy", with one concrete story about how compo feedback improved a song.