SuperBustySamuraiMonkey wrote:I dont understand why we keep on this topic again again again and again.
I assume you have an idea of why you join the discussion yourself. Hold that thought and consider that there are a lot of members on this forum that are as likely as you to have their own more or less subjective ideas of what 8-bit music/chiptune/chip music is.
SuperBustySamuraiMonkey wrote:Is it made by 8 bit machines? then its 8 bit.
There are a lot of different opinions on what constitutes an 8-bit music, not all pertaining to the general architecture of the machine it was produced on, hence terms like "4-bit music" being used to label music that is produced on something most people will agree is an 8-bit (Game Boy) or even 16- or 32-bit (Atari ST) machine, or "1-bit music", typically produced on what most would agree are 8-bit machines (ZX, etc.) or 16- or 32-bit machines (IBM PC compatibles).
I personally avoid saying "8-bit music" at all because the words themselves gives a false hope of technical unambiguity in its definition that isn't consistent with the bodies of work that actually brought the term into use.
SuperBustySamuraiMonkey wrote:is it made by samplers? then its sampler based music.
What if the sampler in question is an 8-bit machine?
SuperBustySamuraiMonkey wrote:Is it made by other kind of machines? then its another thing.
What if you couldn't tell the other machine from an 8-bit machine? How could you say that the difference is significant in musical classification?
SuperBustySamuraiMonkey wrote:Seriously, WHO CARES.
This makes at least two of us.