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Chirp Music 

Music that is 176/88 BPM electronic dance music dominated by 808 bass lines, minimal synths and B'More inspired vocals.

The genre was created by Dr. Dabs (Mark Sandstorm) & Steezy Nicks with heavy if not all influence from works by Yheti (aka YhetiMaster).

There are a very specific set of rules to making this style of music which help to differentiate it from other genres such as Trap. These rules are as follows and are based off of a general honor system:

- Tempo: 176/88 BPM
- Time limit: 6 Hours
- 808 Bass lines

- Intros and outros should be very minimal and have only drums and a couple samples scattered so as to make DJ'ing simple in any format..
- Ghetto inspired samples and vocals
- Most if not all sounds are Eq'ed so as to not include any bass in the mix which helps to make room for the 808 to ring without interference.
-This style pulls its influences from from Rap, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap, B'more, House, and ChipTune.
First example of Chirp Music:
"Brolympics" by Dr. Dabs & Steezy Nicks
Released on June 18th, 2012 by 710 Records
Chirp Music by EDM Historian September 1, 2012
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chipmusic 

chipmusic is music created using chips that create synthetic representations of "real instruments", and their own unique sounds. These synthesizers, generally found on 80s home computers, such as the C64, ZX81, Atari ST, IBM PC adlib soundcards and so on have distinctive tones and style (fast arpeggios, pulse-width-modulation etc.) and have become legends in their own lifetime, with legions of rabidly devoted fans.
http://www.chiptune.com <- all you need for examples of chipmusic.
chipmusic by dazzled July 28, 2008

chipmusic 

commodore64 music. All the sounds are generated from the SID-chip.
Modern chips has to be either a SID or a module (see module) using 4 channels, and only sinuswave-like sounds.
Nintendo 8bit music is chipmusic for instance.
Dude, this chipmusic r0x dah house. I know. Its sweet.
chipmusic by red_powerranger March 6, 2003

chipmusic 

A module which replicates the Commodore Amiga's sound hardware.
I downloaded some great chiptunes off the Net.
chipmusic by ear for music March 6, 2003