I just bought a gem of a plugin – Plogue’s chipsounds. In a way, it flaunts the never-ending-cycle of increased sample resolution and esoteric synthesis methods. This virtual instrument represents a throwback sound set captured from some of the classic game and computer consoles of years (and in some cases, decades) past. It may *seem* like a lo-fi walk in the park, but the process that the mad geniuses at Plogue went through to faithfully capture these retro sounds is pretty astonishing. Then they wrapped those tones in their own ARIA engine that allows composers and producers to do a wide array of sonic gymnastics. I’m pretty stoked about having this in my kit, since it’s both faithful to grungy kitsch while allowing for a great deal of modern experimentation. Below is a set of demos they produced to show what it can do. At some point (relatively soon) I’ll also be dropping chipsounds into some of my productions and will post clips under the category “Delayed Gratification“.

Chip music aficianados rejoice!