Abbreviation for "
microchip module".
Tracker module that is intended to sound like a
sound chip, such as the ones found in the
consoles and the
microcomputers of the
80s. They typically have
3 or
4 channels, and most often try to emulate the sound of the
Commodore 64 SID chip, but
chip tunes that sound like the
Game Boy or
NES are not unheard of.
Actually, chipmods need not emulate any sound chip in particular, but it is essential that they sound chippy -- ie. use very few and simple samples.