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plural chiptunes
(music) A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound. quotations examples
Composers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.
2007, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion
[…] it has been so popular with chiptune musicians […]
2008, Karen Collins, Game Sound
(music) A style of music that samples, uses or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips, but that ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them. examples