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Sound and Music for Games: The Basics of Digital Audio for Video Games
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Sound and Music for Games: The Basics of Digital Audio for Video Games

by Robert Ciesla
September 2022
Beginner
289 pages
5h 10m
English
Apress
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R. CieslaSound and Music for Gameshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8661-6_6

6. MIDI and Composing in the Digital Age

Robert Ciesla1  
(1)
HELSINKI, Finland
 

This chapter is all about the ubiquitous and well-liked Musical Instruments Digital Interface, or MIDI, which is extensively used for writing in every genre of music in a variety of contexts, including video games. Having been briefly mentioned previously in this book, we’ll now go in depth with this wonderful standard. You’ll also learn essential terms used in the art of video game soundtrack composition. We’ll also touch on some fundamentals of music theory.

Introduction: Composing for Video Games

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