- [UNTITLED]
- List of Common Acronyms Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Software Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Games Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Contributors
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- Spatial Reconfiguration in Interactive Video Art
- Navigating Sound: Locative and Translocational Approaches to Interactive Audio
- Defining Sound Toys: Play as Composition
- Thinking More Dynamically about Using Sound to Enhance Learning from Instructional Technologies
- Acoustic Scenography and Interactive Audio: Sound Design for Built Environments
- The Unanswered Question of Musical Meaning: A Cross-domain Approach
- How Can Interactive Music be Used in Virtual Worlds Like <i>World of Warcraft</i>?
- Sound and the Videoludic Experience
- Designing a Game for Music: Integrated Design Approaches for Ludic Music and Interactivity
- Worlds of Music: Strategies for Creating Music-based Experiences in Videogames
- Embodied Virtual Acoustic Ecologies of Computer Games
- A Cognitive Approach to the Emotional Function of Game Sound
- The Sound of Being There: Presence and Interactive Audio in Immersive Virtual Reality
- Sonic Interactions in Multimodal Environments: An Overview
- Musical Interaction for Health Improvement
- Engagement, Immersion and Presence: The Role of Audio Interactivity in Location-aware Sound Design
- Multisensory Musicality in <i>Dance Central</i>
- Interactivity and Liveness in Electroacoustic Concert Music
- Skill in Interactive Digital Music Systems
- Gesture in the Design of Interactive Sound Models
- Virtual Musicians and Machine Learning
- Musical Behavior and Amergence in Technoetic and Media Arts
- Flow of Creative Interaction with Digital Music Notations
- Blurring Boundaries: Trends and Implications in Audio Production Software Developments
- Delivering Interactive Experiences through the Emotional Adaptation of Automatically Composed Music
- A Review of Interactive Sound in Computer Games: Can Sound Affect the Motoric Behavior of a Player?
- Interactive Spectral Processing of Musical Audio
- Let’s Mix it Up: Interviews Exploring the Practical and Technical Challenges of Interactive Mixing in Games
- Our Interactive Audio Future
- For the Love of Chiptune
- Procedural Audio Theory and Practice
- Live Electronic Preparation: Interactive Timbral Practice
- New Tools for Interactive Audio, and What Good they Do
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter gives an overview of the history, hardware, and sound of the chiptune music scene by one of the composers for the award-winning indie videogame Retro City Rampage. The role of the unique sound of specific microchips and software tools used in the production of chiptune music is examined to find out what constitutes the aesthetic of the chiptune sound. Compositional scoring techniques are explored to give a deeper understanding of the tricks and methods used in many chiptune songs. The function of the hardware and software used in the production of chiptune music is discussed in depth to give the reader a deeper understanding of how chiptune musicians use older videogame hardware and computers in the production of their music.
Keywords: chiptune, chipmusic, Retro City Rampage, Open ModPlug Tracker, Famitracker, GoatTracker, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Demoscene, Gameboy, MOD Music, trackers
Leonard Paul has worked in the games industry since 1994 and has a history in composing, sound design and coding for over twenty major game titles. He has most recently worked on the indie games Vessel and Retro City Rampage and is the co-founder of the School of Video Game Audio. He has lectured on the topic of video game audio worldwide to a variety of audiences. He was also composer for the award-winning documentary The Corporation. His website is: http://VideoGameAudio.com
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- [UNTITLED]
- List of Common Acronyms Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Software Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Games Found in the <i>Handbook</i>
- List of Contributors
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- Spatial Reconfiguration in Interactive Video Art
- Navigating Sound: Locative and Translocational Approaches to Interactive Audio
- Defining Sound Toys: Play as Composition
- Thinking More Dynamically about Using Sound to Enhance Learning from Instructional Technologies
- Acoustic Scenography and Interactive Audio: Sound Design for Built Environments
- The Unanswered Question of Musical Meaning: A Cross-domain Approach
- How Can Interactive Music be Used in Virtual Worlds Like <i>World of Warcraft</i>?
- Sound and the Videoludic Experience
- Designing a Game for Music: Integrated Design Approaches for Ludic Music and Interactivity
- Worlds of Music: Strategies for Creating Music-based Experiences in Videogames
- Embodied Virtual Acoustic Ecologies of Computer Games
- A Cognitive Approach to the Emotional Function of Game Sound
- The Sound of Being There: Presence and Interactive Audio in Immersive Virtual Reality
- Sonic Interactions in Multimodal Environments: An Overview
- Musical Interaction for Health Improvement
- Engagement, Immersion and Presence: The Role of Audio Interactivity in Location-aware Sound Design
- Multisensory Musicality in <i>Dance Central</i>
- Interactivity and Liveness in Electroacoustic Concert Music
- Skill in Interactive Digital Music Systems
- Gesture in the Design of Interactive Sound Models
- Virtual Musicians and Machine Learning
- Musical Behavior and Amergence in Technoetic and Media Arts
- Flow of Creative Interaction with Digital Music Notations
- Blurring Boundaries: Trends and Implications in Audio Production Software Developments
- Delivering Interactive Experiences through the Emotional Adaptation of Automatically Composed Music
- A Review of Interactive Sound in Computer Games: Can Sound Affect the Motoric Behavior of a Player?
- Interactive Spectral Processing of Musical Audio
- Let’s Mix it Up: Interviews Exploring the Practical and Technical Challenges of Interactive Mixing in Games
- Our Interactive Audio Future
- For the Love of Chiptune
- Procedural Audio Theory and Practice
- Live Electronic Preparation: Interactive Timbral Practice
- New Tools for Interactive Audio, and What Good they Do
- Index
