I recently came upon the world of chip tuning, and would love to actually become a part and make my own music and whatnot.
Any suggestions, tips, recommendations, advice, for absolute noobs on the subject?
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It would depend which kind of aesthetic you would like to go for. There are bunch of different approaches. Is there a particular chip or old school computer or console you like the sound of?
I mean for example if you like the sound of the NES I would direct you towards Famitracker or Neil Baldwins tracker and tell you to listen to Tim Follin and Chibitech.
If you were more of an Atari ST fan I might show you Maxymizer and Stu.
It a bit of a broad question, could you narrow it down a shade?
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Hi there sharkattack! 
What things do you think sound the best (click their name if you don't know what they sound like)? Is it...
... ZX Spectrum?
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/27/vortex-tracker-ii/
... Commodore 64?
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=81146
... Game Boy?
http://blog.gg8.se/wordpress/gameboy-re … ic-how-to/
... NES?
http://home.arcor.de/chiptuner/tutorial_famitracker.pdf
... Sega Master System?
http://www.x68000.de/music-creation/com … -mod2psg2/
... Sample tracking?
http://files.byondhome.com/Audiophiles/ … part1.html
http://vc.bc.ca/it/tracker/Handbook.htm
... PC Engine?
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/790/p … beginners/
There's loads more consoles and fun stuff but I'm ill and I can't be bothered, so that's a pretty random selection, but it should be enough to get started. If you just stick around a bit, read forums, use google, etc, you'll find the other stuff that interests you by yourself, I'm sure. 
Hope I was a bit useful.
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New York City
sharkattack wrote:
I recently came upon the world of chip tuning
I'd have a ferrari as an aspirational machine to chip tune but if you are starting you might want to try a VW Jetta or something like that
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wooooow thats alot of information. I'll definitely take the time to go through them and learn.
thank you for the help
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akira^8GB wrote:
sharkattack wrote:I recently came upon the world of chip tuning
I'd have a ferrari as an aspirational machine to chip tune but if you are starting you might want to try a VW Jetta or something like that
that would be horrifying to be so close to
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mepufw wrote:
akira^8GB wrote:I'd have a ferrari as an aspirational machine to chip tune but if you are starting you might want to try a VW Jetta or something like that
that would be horrifying to be so close to
I dunno man, the sound of that rev'ing Ferrari gives me a boner
xD
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Roanoke, VA
Thanks for making this thread, sharkattack. I rely on more of the slow-seek method, just Googling with my hopes high.
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Outside of the actual music production methods, since they have already been covered thoroughly...
Try to stay clear of the whole "pokemon music image" or anything like that, spend a good deal of time researching the so called "chiptune scene" before you release any albums or what not, take your music seriously. Trust me, I regret making pokemon music.
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Reteris wrote:
Try to stay clear of the whole "pokemon music image"
this.
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No no no, everyone has it all wrong. You need ms-dos and a sound blaster 16 card. The end. Get those items and call me in the morning, you'll thank me later !
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uhajdafdfdfa
little-scale wrote:
What is a "pokemon music image"?
I think he means something like this?
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Hmmm, I don't know anything about pokemon :S
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The Silph Scope wrote:
Reteris wrote:Try to stay clear of the whole "pokemon music image"
this.
I'm down with it!
If you write songs inspired by pokemon, they will most likely still be better than most of the shit out there... MYRIGHT?
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ant1 wrote:
little-scale wrote:What is a "pokemon music image"?
I think he means something like this?
Exactly