I love this track from Deltarune, it feels nostalgic but I don't know what it makes me feel nostalgic for. It sounds kind of like Music 3 from Tetris on the NES and I'm sure there are other NES era or old computer games with a similar sound. I don't know much about chiptunes (hopefully this is the right subreddit for this question). Is there a name for this kind of synthesized instrument? It sounds kind of like an echoey flute to me? What other games soundtracks or music use this sound?

I love making music on these consoles and have done pretty thorough research tracking down as many as possible, but haven’t done much research for a bit.

Anything interesting new or on the way projects?

Frogbopper - A Snail Tale by Charlie Queen with 13 points! In second place is Turbo Snail in Mario world by ZookeepergameDeep482 with 11 points, and LLLL by P CREMA comes in third with 8 points!

If you haven't seen this before and you have no idea what is going on, fear not! I've lately been hosting monthly chiptune contests on this subreddit, each with a theme and two weeks to submit. Last month, our theme was "Snail," because why not! Most times, it's something a bit more specific, but creative freedom is always encouraged. Our contestants created these amazing songs!

Bummed that you missed out? Too bad! Nope, just kidding. These contests are monthly, so our next contest will begin next week! If you have any suggestions for themes or additions to the contests at all, don't hesitate to add!

...And other than that, there's not much to say! Thanks so much as always to everyone who submitted and voted - you all made this happen as always! Stay tuned for the next one, and in the meantime, check out some of these goodies:

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Thanks so much to kevin81 for making this NEW awesome table of all the past contests!

Check out this awesome game Charlie Queen made to go with his winning song!

I want to make PC-98 stuff in my DAW but the only VST I saw was VOPM, and will I'm not familiar with furnace I saw it covers that plus like two dozen other chips. Why do trackers have these synth engines but its almost non existent with VSTs? I'll take this to r/Synthesizers as well and delete if needed, but just wanted to see if there was any knowledge because I've scoured for info and found nothing. Thanks ahead of time.

I’m pretty close to being done with my first arrangement using Famistudio and all in all, I’m really happy with how everything sounds. I have some blank spaces where a half note snare drum roll should be. Im curious what people have done to simulate that. I could subdivide my snare sound down to 64th notes or something, but I feel like that’s going to sound too machine gunish. I also considered just using some extended noise with no cutoff that kind of sounds like a mushy drum roll, but wanted to know what the other opinions are.

https://youtu.be/BUnt6yNVy9Q?si=ASaBGSqELp9MvJb7

I made an LSDJ rap album some years back and I've started another recently and realised I've not really heard too much chiptune rap. If anyone knows any rap songs/EPs/LPs that are made with real chip I'd really appreciate some links to listen to

Bonus points if it's LSDJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_eBZmdlwnU&list=PLlDVif8BPhqLQhTZBsL24-ncI9W5H_CRN

Lost footage from an N64 game based on the local bus service! Full OST.

Hello! After 3 years of work, I've finally released my biggest project yet; Sonic Aeons, a 24 track love letter to the Mega Drive and the Sonic series. I hope you all enjoy!

https://niphfm.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-aeons

Hi! I'm interested in making music for my videogames down the road. I tried to make a "nice, energetic town" vibes tune in here. Any feedback? Anything good/to work on?

https://onlinesequencer.net/4415260

Trying to get a dpcm file but it's in fti instead of dcm or wav, also i'm on mobile so I can't use famitracker, only an alternative like famistudio (which for some reason isn't opening any of the files I have)

I want to go to the Boston BitDown, a chiptune/digital fusion festival, in March this year. My parents are paying for me, but they have safety concerns. I brought up that there would be a rave, and now they are convinced the whole event could be a rave and are against me going. I plan to steer clear of the rave because I don't get involved with drugs, but would there be the same risks with the regular live chiptune performances as there would be at a rave(people spiking drinks with hallucinogens, out of control people)? Or would it be the same level of risk as at a non-chiptune concert?