Brendan Becker is a chiptune musician and video game composer. He produces music using a variety of vintage video game systems under the name Inverse Phase. Brendan runs the Bloop Museum in Maryland, USA, where classic video game consoles and vintage electronics are on display and ready for interaction.

Brendan shared his deep knowledge of classic video game sound chips as well as how he creates music with them. He details how such systems and chips produce sound with minimal computing power. Brendan explains the drastic limitations and challenges of creating chiptune music.

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Show Notes:

• Inverse Phase - https://www.inversephase.com/
• Bloop Museum - https://www.patreon.com/bloopmuseum
• Pretty Eight Machine - https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine-se
• Shake Bit - https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/shakebit
• Inverse Phase Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inversephase/?hl=en
• BloopMuseum Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bloopmuseum/?hl=en
• Inverse Phase on Mastadon - https://hackers.town/@inversephase
• Bloop Museum on Mastadon - https://oldbytes.space/@bloopmuseum
• Plogue Plug-ins - https://www.plogue.com/
• Brendan Becker photo by Marjerie Becker - chiptography.com
• Saga Synth iOS App - https://audiokitpro.com/sagasynth/
• Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com
• Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc 
• 5-Minute Music Producer - https://brianfunk.com/book
• Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit
• Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast
• Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store

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