The standard MIDI file format, together with the General MIDI instrument set, describes only what notes are played on what instruments. General MIDI is not considered chiptune as a MIDI file contains no information describing the synthesis of the instruments.
The program played a major role in the Game Boy chip music trend that came to attract a lot of attention in media. The now non-existent Swedish duo Puss is one of the better-known chip music projects, and was nominated 2003 for a Grammis prize in "Ã rets klubb/dans". The same year, Goto80 probably played as the first chip musician live at Hultsfredsfestivalen. In 2005, Paza produced an Atari song for Beck. The Stockholm club Microdisko has since 2004 arranged gigs with the biggest chip music artists worldwide.
