Atleast on 8bc whenever someone mentions "why do you chiptunes" the two most common answers are "nostalgia" and "the limitations".
After reading some stuff in that "chip sales" thread here i got a little carried away in a reply i wrote and wrote some kind of almost-essay on my thoughts about this whole "limitation" business. I kind of want to expand it a bit so I want to do some research.
So here is where i ask,
Do you think limitation is a reason you do chip?
Do you feel like the limitations of your chip music is any different to the limitations imposed by other platforms (they all have them)
Why do you want to work within these limitations? or, do you feel the limitations are an influence in your choice to work at all?
What is it about the specific limitations imposed upon you have any effect on your output?
Does "confronting limitation" justify lesser quality as a "proof of concept"?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Further reading
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/1734/ … -releases/
We want to move it away from being about the equipment we use and more what we're making with it
A lot of chip tunes seem to be made for the purpose of showing what can be done with a limited platform. Look at beeper music for example. In many ways it's "listen to the sounds I was able to make with 1-bit music" rather than "listen to the song I made."
Basically, a lot of the chip music community is about making music for the sake of proving what can be done with the hardware rather than making music for the sake of making good music.
Basically, I want people to stop saying "Neil Voss does amazing things with LSDJ" and instead say "Neil Voss makes great music." Moreover, I want people to appreciate it because the music is genuinely good and not just because it's technically impressive.
And an essay i wrote on input v. output that i think deals with the issue of "proof of concept" over "art"
http://www.godinpants.com/inputvoutput.pdf