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chiptunes

chiptunes is the plural of chiptune.

Meaning of chiptune

Noun

chiptune (plural chiptunes)

  1. A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound.
    • Composers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.2007, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion
  2. A style of music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips, but ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them; especially (demoscene) a tracker module simulating the sound of early 8-bit computers.

Questions about chiptunes

What is chiptunes the plural of?
Chiptunes is the plural of chiptune.

Words near chiptunes in the dictionary

  1. chipster
  2. chipsters
  3. chipstyle
  4. chipt
  5. chiptune
  6. chiptunes
  7. chipyard
  8. chipyards
  9. Chipzilla
  10. chiquera
  11. chiqueras

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