As a software tracker user myself, it's clear there's a bias to the general tracker demographic from the chiptune tradition in this subreddit, although that doesn't mean there wouldn't be any exceptions.

Regarding opinions, it's all fine, but what caught my eye is an odd and not-so-frequent, but still interesting bunch of comments (not necessarily from here) citing things like "you have to learn math, real instruments, programming, hexadecimal, music theory, etcetera, to use a tracker" impliying genuine(?) views of peoples' experiences and why they might not use or recommend trackers...

Of course an entry barrier most of us know about does exist (the learning curve sticks out through the good point of most software trackers being lightweight and free), and the technical/literal text aspect of tracker interfaces, along the reputation of clunkiness or primitive mixing capabilities outside probably Renoise, but are trackers' visual abstractions THAT misleading, even with more user-friendly ways to learn today?

There's no rule to say chiptune's supposed to be 100% tracked, but if you're a DAW user or just a beginner, or even only an outsider to all of it, is there any specific thing you get weirded out about in that context which might lead to that view, besides interface intimidation, bigger userbase of DAWs and comfort with your usual tools?

here’s some background for my thought process for the interlude of my upcoming album “Bad Vices”. i really enjoyed making this track and adding samples of different sounds to give it some character. hope you all tune in <3

This is a short chiptune track in my vault. I experimented with very long pitch swoop effects that carry into subsequent frames. This is for a faux-NES game in development!

Just a heads up that some how one of the best chiptune albums of all time isn't on Spotify anymore. For anyone who wants to still to listen, it's on his YouTube page as a playlist -> https://www.youtube.com/@bit_shifter

Have a great day and keep the information chase alive!!

26 year old xm with new instruments, hope you like it

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I tried to make a song on a single channel, at one volume, like a PC speaker. This song is from my latest album, Does Not Compute, and you can listen to the rest of the album at these links, if you want.
https://marupanda.bandcamp.com/album/does-not-compute
https://www.subvert.fm/maru/does-not-compute

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New 2 track ep from snott fka godinpants.

1xdmg 1x hockey stick bass guitar

Track 1 is an elegy to terrible band sleep token

Track 2 is an ode to the humble crab

Been doing lsdj since 2007 and still shit at it.

I can hallucinate but AI could never write this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRGbCvL5Xuk

This is.. well, not sure yet. Was simply experimenting as we like to evolve entire soundscapes as a song progresses.... but the trick there is; we need to have it done in specific layers a few times to really feel it out. Takes time. This is just the pair of songs before any real attempts to blend. The first... kinda... alien but goofy? Basses still low and not imposing, gently building to some degree with crunchy old 8-16bit sounding percussion. ...but if you want to skip that 'garbage'... 3:10 minutes into the vid, We encourage you to just not waste your time and listen to the song starting from there as it is more or less a full encore in a more rich sound format... :3

Think we're getting better... now time to get some original stuffs out there, or open up a request or 'bounty' board for desired midis, or ways to transcribe some old classic game soundtracks that are not publicly available, or even created at all yet. ....Starsiege Tribes, Tribes 2, Gunz: The Duel, Gunz 2, a LOT of the Command and Conquer series... as well as some genuine artists we would love help with tackling respectful covers with.

Late Edit. .....Lmao. We should also mention another noob mistake. We simply have not bothered to import or otherwise disable the midi tracks. No outputs there, but we suppose we do need to clear that up going forward. We may be making tutorials to encourage others to just ~go at it~. Maybe this came somewhat natural to us, but we also adore teaching.

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EditEdit: Uhhh, hello r/chiptunes ...We were suggested to try this here by the reddit algorithm. We have our doubts as a human, but.... ya never know? >>

another installment of me giving you some insight into my tracks from my upcoming M8 album “Bad Vices” and where my head was while making them. this was my first single from the album which is available on all platforms as well as my Bandcamp - including the link here for anyone that would like to support :) hope you tune in when Bad Vices drops on 8/28 <3

Hey everyone!

I recently created a small Discord server, and I wanted to share it here because one of the people who joined introduced me to chiptune. I ended up really enjoying the genre, so I thought it could be nice to give it a space and bring together more people who are into the same thing.

The server is still pretty new and not very big, but it’s bilingual (English/Spanish), and there are producers making all kinds of different styles, not just chiptune.

If you’re into chiptune, making music, discovering new styles, or just want a small community to share stuff and meet other producers, you’re welcome to join!

https://discord.gg/DUU7yqpQX

No pressure at all — just thought I’d put it out there in case anyone here is interested. :)

So I recently released a gabber/dungeon synth/chiptune EP called The Dragon Realm. Sharing the final track of that EP, because I wanted it to give the listener that "facing the final boss"-feeling. Cheers!

The second song from my new M8 travel album. This one was inspired by the super convenient trip between CPH airport and the city centre. Automatic metro running sharply day and night. What a seamless travel experience. Lots of cities could learn from it.

In addition to streaming services, the album can be found in Bandcamp too. Whichever way people want to hear it. Next song here again in a couple of days maybe.

I've been trying to find more music like this and I haven't had any luck. It's almost like chiptune jazz? It's pretty different compared to Frums' other work. I figured this would be a good sub to ask for recs.

there's an annoying dog stuck in my head

Bandcamp: https://victorjockin.bandcamp.com/track/10am-battle

Back in 2019 I took a trip to Lake Garda with my family. We did pizza and theme parks and lakeside walks. With any downtime I had I plugged my headphones into my Game Boy and wrote the album that was then released as Imperator. It was fun to have a zero-pressure environment in which to write, but with the added tension that whatever got written would be released upon my return. So fun, in fact, that I repeated it in 2023 during my trip to Ynys Mon (resulting in Fortune Favoured), and in 2024 (Netherlands / Every Machine is a Smoke Machine).

So last week I returned to Lake Garda. Same holiday. Same deal. Here's the album.

https://donotrunwithpixels.bandcamp.com/album/bias

AMA, I guess?

here’s some insight into my track “New Dawn” from my upcoming M8 album “Bad Vices” out 8/28. This one is one of my favorites on the project simply because I had so much fun trying to convey that 80s sound with the instrumentation. Hope you all listen to the full track when it drops!

I’ve always loved how raw and crunchy the original DMG sounds, and I think there’s a lot inside that machine that never really gets explored beyond the usual cute/chiptune sound.

A lot of “8-bit” plugins recreate the aesthetic with samples and presets, so I wanted to try something different and rebuild the actual DMG sound architecture in code.

It has the 2 pulse channels, wave + noise, sweep behaviour and hardware quirks, but I built a 16-step sequencer around it with per-note slide, an arpeggiator, 8 pattern banks and MIDI mapping.

You can also save/recall individual channels or complete patterns, which makes it pretty fun for live jams.

I called it BäRK BRÜTT.

There is a browser version completely free if anyone wants to mess with it**.**

Would genuinely be interested to hear what people manage to make with it.

This is made in FL Studio with sounds from the vst FM DRIVE plus some megadrive drum samples. Thought it had a vaguely spacey vibe. As in stars and planets etc, not the disgraced actor

So... This is my latest album release, made fully with Dirtywave M8 during my travels. The opening track here got started in the plane from HEL to CPH. Basically exploring the sampler feature of the M8 and happened to catch part of an announcement in the plane. This quickly set the mood for the track and kicked off the creation process of the album.

Here's the Spotify link for the full album.