Chipmeyking as the art of the minimum
by Vibe
In fact, in this article was originally titled "My opinion
about the ay-music "or something like that. But once ay-shnye
modules refer to the chiptune at all, then it would be
interesting first climb a little higher and try to look at the
perception chip culture in general, as the attitude towards it
is clearly ambiguous.
Simply put: do not all love chiptune. Admit it can be at least
on the grounds that the things that everyone likes, not so
many in the world, and old school modules to them clearly are
not. You can not even remember what the sound chip from the left
time even deeper into their underground niche, pleasing ears
connoisseurs, and most modern chiptune classified
Only those, perhaps, because of its size.
In general, what is observed today can be divided into two
groups: the "old" chips and "new." Under the first can be
understood as those modules, which are written in the same
conditions as the decade back - with music chip wells or
Spectrum Commodore (or emulator for IBM PC-platform), or when
using samples with a similar sound. Explains such
long existence of such chips even that old
computers are still many, and how not heard the cries
of stasis (Spectrum, Commodore, Yamaha - please underline)
are people for whom the eight-bit platform - a tool
for creativity, not less valuable than someone
professional studio, as a man need to express themselves
only a very little - to give opportunity and a bit terms. And,
Of course, the desire to create ... The value of the
composition is determined no style and no means unique, and the
successful implementation of it is the creative act.
The "new" same chips - is that a proper idea of chiptune
treat-and it should not. Culture chip tracking was
a new idea - to fit into the usual 4/16/32/64 kilobyte something
serious, with claims of good quality and original
sound. I must say that for many it turns out - quite
run on the results of competitions, or Big Chip Compo
listen to the CD "ToySongs" of Sands. Stylistics out of
their framework, enabling mikromuzyke develop further.
Speculations about a certain "inferiority" of any of the groups
quite thorough. Everything, as usual, simply rests on the
personal preferences of each. Some people do not carry on the
spirit traditional chips, but welcome the new work
experimental nature. It happens quite the contrary.
Many people chiptune associated with the old games on the ZX
Spectrum / NES. The typical method of using arpeggios in these
nostalgic melodies brings to those already bygone era.
Hardly anyone can tell that the music was bad. Such
People like Ron Hubbard or David Uitekker, written in two or
three channels of vivid and memorable things that still
remembered (and even convert other music formats, write remixes
them - probably the most earnest fans of old school music, too
just heard Processing "Auf wierdesehen, Monty" and "Sanxion"
from Liam the Lemming). Minimum resources and maximum
creativity. A kind of minimalism, which, like everything else,
has its "average" weight and their creators. In the end, it is
still one branch of digital art, and has already found its
mikromuzyka taste, history, rules and traditions.
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Naturally, this review is very, very conditional, it is simply
denotes the main, the most pronounced "watershed"
between chiptune. And then, what about my opinion ... One
of the first au-shnyh tunes that I personally had the
opportunity meet not so long ago - about two years ago - was
the work of One participant demopati CC'00 (I think he was
exposed under nick Avatar da Muzaka Man), with the title "Toy
Music". Impressions of what he heard are still alive - very
interesting and The original track that infects your mood. More
than once subsequently tried to rewrite it in the Momentum with
similar samples, but somehow it is not specified. I just can
not write _tak_.
Therefore - respect toward those who are able to create such
limited conditions is really great stuff, regardless
on the format. Simple sine wave, saws, squares, and pieces of
white noise - it seems that this is not enough ... but the
restriction of a musician in Drugs helped him to focus on their
imagination, skill, pull tün by any findings or Fine
beautiful melodies. The same sinusoid, subjected vibrato
sounds ... mentally, I suppose. Clear sound, not burdened
overtones, is in itself the idea and its value. And this
not small, actually.
