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Pure chiptune music will probably remain in the hands of the hardcore followers however it will develop a larger following and with that more opportunities.

What I do find interesting though is elements of chiptune music crossing over into mainstream popular music. So while I can't see the next Beiberbot autotuned to gameboy beats in front of masses of gamer girls, I am starting to hear a lot of chip chord arpeggios, drums and SID samples being used more and more. I think it'll remain popular due to our generation being bought up alongside videogames, so we won't be able to escape this now.

There will be lots of new and classic preset sounds, but also a user instrument editor with four timed parameter changes for making unique sounds, with control over oscillator, filter, pitch, volume, PWM, and dac bits for each change. Some instruments will have a specific tweak adjustable in realtime or recordable into a pattern. It is being designed with studio work and live performance in mind, so it should be user friendly and pretty rugged. One of the engineers worked on sound engines and games for the Spectrum and Gameboy many years ago, so it should be authentic.

The chip drum machine has been in beta for a few weeks now and an announcement will be made in the next few weeks, and a website is being prepared with more info and samples so I will post a link when it becomes available. It is from a new startup in London.