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.
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.
Sad sack musician Morrissey made much of the soundtrack of many a sullen teen, with chip-tune covers becoming increasingly popular more and more types of music are becoming fodder for 8-bit covers of their former selves.
Pixel artist Paul Robertson has done it again, this time with art from the beloved cartoon The Simpsons. The re-imagined opening directed and animated by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon with a chiptune cover of the opening theme music by Jeremy Dower has gone viral, with warm receptions from pixel and cartoon aficionados alike. Check it out below!