On December 9th, a live stream listening party / release party for the final GameChops album of the year, SMOOTH MCGROOVE REMIXED, featuring Smooth Mcgroove, will take place on Dj CUTMAN’s Twitch Channel at 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT on Wednesday, December 9th.
Update: Download is live for the album, check it out here!
SidTracker64 is an app that allows you to create chiptune music right from your Ipad. Using emulators of the SID sound chip from Commodore 64 this tracker style sequencer comes pre set with several songs included and tools to create your own.
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After 21 years, Columbus Circle will be releasing a new unlicensed cartridge for Famicom. 8-Bit Music Power, will be a 12 song collection of chip-tunes that’s actually on a Famicom cartridge. You’ll either need the original system, or the NES Famicom adapter. Some users with retro game systems should also be able to use the cartridge.
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Pulseboy, a web-based 8-bit sequencer created by Roger Hicks is now in Beta and so far the feedback has been good. PulseBoy uses a “tracker” interface to accept note input.
If you’ve ever wanted to play around with making your own chip-tunes this is a great place to start, and Roger’s tutorial below is a user friendly introduction to composing with Pulseboy.
