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General Discussion / Chiptunes and samples
« on: October 24, 2011, 15:29:31 »
Salutations !
I've been browsing Nes music recently and I realized that a Nes tune might not be automatically referred as chiptune, because of samples. Here was the message that made me wonder:
But if those imported samples were also produced by a chip, it would still be a proper chiptune, right ?
I guess I'm a bit lost in definition, that's why I require your help
I've been browsing Nes music recently and I realized that a Nes tune might not be automatically referred as chiptune, because of samples. Here was the message that made me wonder:
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Castlevania III (Nes) uses just 4 samples, which are a bass drum (a mere 65 bytes), a snare drum (513 bytes), a tom (257 bytes), and the evil laugh (2,817 bytes).
But if those imported samples were also produced by a chip, it would still be a proper chiptune, right ?
I guess I'm a bit lost in definition, that's why I require your help






