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Chiptune or chip music is music written in sound formats where all the sounds are synthesized in realtime by a computer or video game console sound chip, instead of using sample-based synthesis. The "golden age" of chiptunes was the mid 1980s to early 1990s, when such sound chips were the only widely available means for creating music on computers. The medium gave composers great flexibility in creating their own "instrument" sounds, but because early computer sound chips had only simple tone generators and noise generators, it also imposed limitations on the complexity of the sound; chiptunes sometimes seem "harsh" or "squeaky" to the unaccustomed listener. Chiptunes are closely related to video game music.
Downtempo/IDM Sub-Genres:
Acid jazz
Balearic Beat
Bitpop
Chiptune
Electro clash
Electropop
Minimal Electronica/Glitch
Nu jazz
Trip Hop (aka The Bristol Sound)
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