I did this a while back to shut down an idiot. I thought we all decided back then that the ultimate judge of a songs worth was the human ear and we should all just admit that the tools used are purely there for the enjoyment, efficiency and inspiration of the musician?

Well, I think the difference between hardware and software isn't really the sound, it's the process, tools, limitations, challenges, glitches and quirks. Of course I know people sometimes purposely enforce there own limitations in a DAW but it's hardly the same thing as tracking on an actual gameboy, Amiga or C64 etc.

its more of a hardware tracker then the tracker emulated sort of thing! so yeah i guess which emulator would be a factor!!

forgot to the put the link... my bad
https://goo.gl/forms/R2Mo2qQkIN2uMNI42 - questionnaire
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/si72gifi4q83 … UM5va?dl=0 - files

Well it really depends of the chip and which emulator you are using !!!
There is VSTi like Plogue's chipsounds which is true emulation of 95% of the chips in it (I think SID is sampled because of the filter and stuff)

hey guys, i did a similar sort of thing last year, and received amazing response, i thought id try my luck again.

i have an experiment where i have two samples of chiptune music, one hardware, one emulation.
its basically to see if there really is a difference and if people can tell the difference. like a double blind sort of experiment!

(not saying which hardware its part of the questionnaire)

but if anyone fancies helping me out on a paper here are the the links to the tracks and the questionnaire here

everyone who participates will be credited too!!