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  "id": "chiptune_8bit",
  "name": "Chiptune / 8-bit",
  "family": "electronic",
  "lineage": "Late-1990s and 2000s electronic subgenre composed using sound chips from 1980s game consoles (Commodore 64 SID chip, Nintendo Game Boy LSDj software, Famicom NSF chip). Characterized by limited-polyphony square-and-triangle-wave timbres, fast tempo, and bright-melodic content reminiscent of 8-bit-era video-game soundtracks. Anamanaguchi, Crystal Castles (early use), Sabrepulse, Bit Shifter, and the broader 8bitpeoples netlabel anchored the canonical 2000s sound.",
  "recipe": "classic 1997-1999 chiptune / 8-bit, experimental Elec, idm glitch branch, house electronic dance future house. fast decay focused low sub bass analog synth. no single room 2015-present distributed distributed production. dynamic moving-coil, transformer-coupled solid-state pre, dbx 160 VCA, parametric EQ. cassette.",
  "recipe_chars": 316,
  "score": 20.79,
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    "traditions": [
      "chiptune_8bit",
      "future_house",
      "electro_house_2000s"
    ],
    "instruments": [
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        "slots": {
          "electronic_technique": "electronic_bass_sub",
          "oscillator": "sine_osc",
          "filter_topology": "transistor_ladder",
          "envelope": "pluck_env",
          "modulation": "no_mod"
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        "scores": {
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          "modulation": 0.105
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    ],
    "room": "studio_distributed_production",
    "archetype": "arch_pre_daw_electronic_pioneer",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "condenser_ldc",
      "pre": "transformerless",
      "console": "console_in_the_box",
      "comp": "comp_distressor_modern",
      "eq": "eq_massenburg_mastering",
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "digital_high"
    },
    "tuning": "twelve_tet",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "twelve_tet",
    "room": "studio_distributed_production",
    "parts": {
      "electronic_technique": "electronic_pad_drone"
    },
    "chain_mic": "condenser_ldc",
    "chain_pre": "transformerless",
    "chain_comp": "comp_distressor_modern",
    "chain_eq": "eq_massenburg_mastering",
    "chain_medium": "digital_high",
    "chain_console": "console_in_the_box"
  }
}