I think its more of a parallel development thing.
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herr_prof wrote:
I think its more of a parallel development thing.
In part, I think people have realised how well squarewaves hold up to compression abuse in comparison to more complex sounds.
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Bit wish wrote:
Ke$ha uses bit pop
I 
me some Ke$ha
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herr_prof wrote:
I think its more of a parallel development thing.
Yeah it's a general trend that in the past 6-7 years people have started appreciating old school computer sounds, and old video games. I doubt that most of these musicians were influenced by chipmusic per se.
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I wouldnt even put it that far, Most default synths in daws like cubase live and fruity loops sound chippy because they sound weak and tinny. You start overproducing it and making chirpy happy music, and it starts to share similarities with chip music.
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That's true, it may just be the path of least resistance.
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British artist Patrick Wolf uses chip music in some of his songs, here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bi-YqJcKuc
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Victory Road wrote:
yo, squarewave beeps and PWM leads aren't "chip samples"
I mean the specific using of plain square waves which is similar to what makes chipmusic sound the way it does.
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Monotron wrote:
Victory Road wrote:yo, squarewave beeps and PWM leads aren't "chip samples"
I mean the specific using of plain square waves which is similar to what makes chipmusic sound the way it does.
hmm, in the song you posted i think '"drum beat" from a casio pt-1' rather than 'omg chiptunes'
i'm not saying that chippy sounds aren't starting to appear in pop music more often (they are, duh), but the sound deisgn in fashion monster isn't informed by chip music at all imo