SketchMan3
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I need some good "so-called fakebit" recommendations because I keep hearing people talking about how fakebit is the bomb but I'm not hearing it (edit: this I don't mean the stuff I've heard isn't good, just that I haven't heard much that I recognized to not have been made with old trackers and stuff). So far... 4mat, Virt and... Zantilla rocks. I need more. 

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I don't care what your definition of fakebit is. It's probably different from mine. If you consider it fakebit and you think it's good, post it here. And I won't question the authenticity of the "fakebitness" of what is posted here. However, if you care to share the tool of choice for the recommendations, feel free. smile

Last edited by SketchMan3 (Nov 4, 2013 12:27 am)

kitsch
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maxo

http://maxoisnuts.bandcamp.com/

defPREMIUM
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sylcmkyc is really good
http://sylcmyk.bandcamp.com/track/sex

sandneil
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› tw: crystal castles

sandneil
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now some sfw recs,

ilkae
zebra
agargara
blitz lunar
dong
guardia
i cactus
tobiah
saskrotch
also most of the hexawe/piggy tracker lot

imagine if you had started this thread with "GAMEBOY MUSIC" instead of "FAKEBIT" you would  not be a respected member of this community any more! hahaha

Last edited by sandneil (Nov 2, 2013 4:18 pm)

sandneil
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how coudl i forgot http://eqavox.bandcamp.com/album/fake-bit

danimal cannon
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Disasterpeace

walter b. gentle
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babylon

does slugabed count?

http://youtu.be/7YdH18U2OLM

Fearofdark
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kitsch wrote:

maxo

http://maxoisnuts.bandcamp.com/

^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ Maxo is god of harmonies

If you want to get "technical," s3x/mod/it/xm music can also be considered as "fakebit" as anything made with a DAW/midi (as it's primarily sample based). In which case, I'd also point you towards xyce, wiklund, zebra, joule, malmen etc etc etc.
I'd also point you towards some of my .xm/.it stuff, cause that's technically fakebit too, hehe (specifically, "Motorway" and "The Early Attempts")

Last edited by Fearofdark (Nov 2, 2013 11:54 pm)

4mat
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The fact you're all so happy to use the term fakebit is pretty depressing.  You don't find it insulting?   I mean, "fakebit"?  Really?

Fearofdark
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4mat wrote:

The fact you're all so happy to use the term fakebit is pretty depressing.  You don't find it insulting?   I mean, "fakebit"?  Really?

Yup, I don't like it as a term. I think it's one that implies that non-"authentic" works (ie. works composed on/for hardware) are inferior to pure-chiptune works due to the fact that they are "not authentic." (by describing them using the term "fake").
Chiptune, for me, is a genre that is identifiable mostly by timbre. How these sounds are achieved shouldn't really matter so much.

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sandneil
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i dunno im more offended by the fact that sketchman could only think of 3 good examples of it than the etymology of the word

breakphase
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Nah I'm not offended. It's a stupid term, but people are stupid. At least we can agree on its meaning, and therefore communicate.

Alpine
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4mat wrote:

The fact you're all so happy to use the term fakebit is pretty depressing.  You don't find it insulting?   I mean, "fakebit"?  Really?

would you rather we call it under produced techno then?

I kinda thought the point of chip was that it was to do with using games consoles/ personal computer's abilities and weaknesses to make songs, not imitating a console. where do we draw the line between chip and techno? currently at fakebit, however, if you have a better name for it, please do say so

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4mat wrote:

The fact you're all so happy to use the term fakebit is pretty depressing.  You don't find it insulting?   I mean, "fakebit"?  Really?

SketchMan3 wrote:

1bit the only truebit

sounds legit

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