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podcasts:

Chiptunes:

Chiptunes sound like this:

Chiptune websites:

Audio format:Website:
YouTubeMy favorite chiptunes
MP3The Best of 8 Bit Collective
MP3, SID, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, AY, SAPMy favorite chiptunes (ZIP file)
MP3, MID, OGG, SID, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, AY, SAPMy 2nd favorite / honorable mention chiptunes (ZIP file)
MOD, XM, IT, S3M, AY, YM, AdLib formatsmelcom's ChipTune Archive
YouTubeHigh Voltage SID Collection on YouTube
BrowserDeepSID
BrowserPlayMOD
SIDHigh Voltage SID Collection

More chiptune websites:
8bit today: 8bit music preservation

Browser-based chiptune players:

WebXmp:

https://www.wothke.ch/webxmp/
Plays: IT, MOD, S3M, XM

SIDAMP:

https://www.sidamp.com/
Plays: SID

Chiptune players and converters:

Bold are conversions that worked for me.
You can download other encoders/plugins/codices from the programs' websites.

XMPlay:
(great chiptune player)

http://www.un4seen.com/

Plays/converts: CDA (converts?) IT MOD MO3 MP1 MP2 MP3 MTM OGG S3M UMX WMA WAV (don't ask) XM

to WAV

I use in_midi.exe to play/convert MID files with XMPlay.

Converting:

Options and stuff >
Output >
Device:...

Note which device is selected before changing anything.
(This is the normal playback device.)
Select WAV Writer or WAV Writer - normalize.

As long as that is selected, XMPlay will convert files instead of playing them.
Change back to the normal playback device when you're done converting.

The converted WAV will loop and fade as per Track looping settings in Options and stuff > Miscellaneous.

Winamp:
(great audio player)

http://www.winamp.com/

Plays/converts: AIF AIFF AU CDA IT MID MIDI MOD MP3 MP2 OGG RMI S3M SND VOC XM WAV WMA etc.

to WAV
to MP3
to WMA V1
to WMA V2

The Winamp site is a little risque; player is not, except the demo.mp3 it plays after install - You can delete/stop it.

Winamp 5.08 Classic Skin ran fine on my old Pentium I even though I didn't meet the system requirements.

Extra Audio Output/Effect Support must be checked when installing Winamp 5.08 to enable file converting.

Converting:

In Winamp, go to Preferences >
Plug-ins >
Output.

Note which plugin is selected before changing anything.
(This is the plugin used for normal playback.)

Select Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in...
Then check out the Configure options.

Now Winamp will convert files instead of playing them.
Select the normal playback plugin when you're done converting and want to play
(DirectSound output... or WaveOut output... works for me).

MIDI to WAV:

Had trouble with this... found my answer here

Click2Music:
(This is an audio converter, not a player)

setup_c2m.exe

Converts: MP3 M4A? WMA? FLAC? WAV AAC? OGG? MKA?

to MP3 M4A WMA FLAC WAV AAC OGG MKA

Chip Lit:

Like the little texts that come with chiptunes?

Here are the best
...in original audio formats, chock-full of 80s pop culture and ASCII art.
Best viewed in XMPlay.


mark@chiptape.com