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by NobodyNada 638 days ago
There's a lot of artists who write music that's inspired by chiptune or has chiptune instruments but is not pure chiptune -- they use modern production techniques, don't limit themselves to specific hardware, and often combine chiptune elements with modern instruments.

I agree that there's something special about music composed with the limitations of a platform in mind, but there's also something special about music that's not constrained by these limitations and just uses chiptune hardware as an audio production tool. They both have their place, some people will prefer one or the other, and that's fine. Making a tracker configurable like this makes it useful for both times of music.

Some examples of "unconstrained" chiptune-style artists:

Anamanaguchi: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cppRxHfmY403D https://youtube.com/watch?v=gpzAaJ1ikZ0

Lindsay Lowend: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EZjt9Jl3GGA

Fearofdark: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R4N_YrnUTC4

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> The Elektron SidStation is a synthesizer and sampler designed by Elektron in 2001. It is based on the classic Commodore 64 SID chip, which was used in the Commodore 64 home computer. It has been used by a variety of artists, including Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, and The Prodigy

https://synthpedia.net/elektron/sidstation/

# Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrQC-jWMFM