1. ChipTunes
By: Austin Marangoni

2. What is chiptunes?
Chiptunes are also known as chip music or 8-bit music
In this genre, artists re-use old gaming consoles such as the Nintendo GameBoy to utilize their programmable sound generators.
Using custom ROMs and by hacking the actual sound generating circuits artists can bend the device to their liking

3. Chiptunes History
The precursor to chiptunes is when people first attempted to make music using computers
The first computer in the world to play music was the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer (CSIRAC) in 1950, shown below.
Unfortunately, the music
was never recorded.

4. Daniel Behrens AKA Danimal Cannon
One of the most popular chiptune musicians is actually from Buffalo
His name is Daniel Behrens but he is better known as Danimal Cannon
He primarily makes his music on GameBoys using a custom
rom called Little Sound DJ.
He couples his traditional electric guitar with chiptunes
and mesmerizing visualizations creating an awe-inspiring
performance
TED Talk with Dan:
Example of Dan’s work:

5. You Make Your Own!
You can buy special game carts for various systems that allow you to access the console's programmable sound generator
Danimal Cannon uses Little Sound DJ which you can get here:
You can flash the ROM to a GameBoy cartridge or you can run the ROM in an Emulator
The emulator simulates the hardware of the GameBoy in software so you can run GameBoy games such as Little Sound DJ on your computer
The most popular emulator is VisualBoyAdvance which you can get here:

6. More Examples & Resources
The Chiptunes SubReddit:
Danimal Cannon’s BandCamp:
Cool website for making chiptunes, runs in an actual online Amiga Emulator:

7. Fin.