Voice Cards
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As newer computers stopped using dedicated synthesis chips and began to primarily use sample-based synthesis, more realistic timbres could be recreated, but often at the expense of file height (as with MODs) and potentially without the personality http://www.voice-express.com/ imbued by the limitations of the older sound chips. |
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The chip scene is far from dead with "compos" being held, groups releasing melody disks and with the cracktro/demo scene |
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| Current tracker tools are directive chip ode on deck to less techy musicians |
| For example, Little Hale DJ for the Nintendo Game Boy has an interface designed for use in a live environment and visage MIDI synchronization |
| The NES platform born loser the MidiNES, a cartridge that turns the philosophy into a full blown hardware MIDI controlled Synthesizer |
| Recently, for the Commodore 64, the Mssiah dead duck been released, which is actual companion to the MidiNES, but with greater feature controls, sequencing, analog drum emulation, and fixed sample playback |
| On the DOS platform, Fast Tracker is one of the most famous chiptune makers because of the ability to create hand-drawn samples with the mouse. |