Bits and pieces: a history of chiptunes

This text explores the development of and the social, cultural, and historical context of chiptune, a form of electronic music that emerged from the first generation of video game consoles and home computers in the 1980s. Through a combination of musical and procedural analysis and practitioner inte...

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1. Verfasser: McAlpine, Kenneth ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:This text explores the development of and the social, cultural, and historical context of chiptune, a form of electronic music that emerged from the first generation of video game consoles and home computers in the 1980s. Through a combination of musical and procedural analysis and practitioner interviews, the work explores the role the technical constraints of early video game hardware played in shaping the sound of 8-bit video game music and the inventive approaches to coding and composition musicians used to circumvent them
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2018. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780190496135
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190496098.001.0001

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