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245 00 a| From Pac-Man to pop music :b| interactive audio in games and new media /c| edited by Karen Collins.;

300 a| 207 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.;

505 0 a| Industries and Synergies -- The new MTV?: electronic arts and 'playing' music / Holly Tessler -- Marketing music through computer games: the case of Poets of the Fall and Max Payne 2 / Antti-Ville Kärjä -- Ringtones and mobile phones -- Could ringtones be more annoying? / Peter Drescher - Indeterminate adaptive digital audio for games on mobiles / Agnès Guerraz and Jacques Lemordant -- Instruments and interactions -- Theoretical approaches to composing dynamic music for games / Jesper Kaae -- Realising groundbreaking adaptive music: Tim van Geelen -- The composition-instrument: emergence, improvisation, and interaction in games and new media / Norbert Herber -- Techniques and technologies -- Dynamic range: subtlety and silence in video game sound / Rob Bridgett -- An introduction to granular synthesis in video games / Leonard Paul -- Audio and audience -- Chip music: low tech data music sharing / Anders Carlsson -- Left in the dark: playing computer games with the sound turned off / Kristine Jørgensen -- Music theory in music games / Peter Shultz.;

520 a| Digital interactive audio is the future of audio in media most notably video games, but also web pages, theme parks, museums, art installations and theatrical events. Despite its importance to contemporary multi-media, this is the first book that provides a framework for understanding the history, issues and theories surrounding interactive audio. The editor presents the work of academics, composers and sound programmers to introduce the topic from a variety of angles in order to provide a supplementary text for music and multimedia courses. The book offers a fresh perspective on media music, one that will complement film studies, but which will show the necessity of a unique approach when considering games music.;

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From Pac-Man to pop music : interactive audio in games and new media / edited by Karen Collins.

Other author	Collins, Karen, 1973- editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Description	207 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Video game music--History and criticism. Popular music--History and criticism.

Series	Ashgate popular and folk music series Ashgate popular and folk music series. ^A512613
Contents	Industries and Synergies -- The new MTV?: electronic arts and 'playing' music / Holly Tessler -- Marketing music through computer games: the case of Poets of the Fall and Max Payne 2 / Antti-Ville Kärjä -- Ringtones and mobile phones -- Could ringtones be more annoying? / Peter Drescher - Indeterminate adaptive digital audio for games on mobiles / Agnès Guerraz and Jacques Lemordant -- Instruments and interactions -- Theoretical approaches to composing dynamic music for games / Jesper Kaae -- Realising groundbreaking adaptive music: Tim van Geelen -- The composition-instrument: emergence, improvisation, and interaction in games and new media / Norbert Herber -- Techniques and technologies -- Dynamic range: subtlety and silence in video game sound / Rob Bridgett -- An introduction to granular synthesis in video games / Leonard Paul -- Audio and audience -- Chip music: low tech data music sharing / Anders Carlsson -- Left in the dark: playing computer games with the sound turned off / Kristine Jørgensen -- Music theory in music games / Peter Shultz.
Abstract	Digital interactive audio is the future of audio in media most notably video games, but also web pages, theme parks, museums, art installations and theatrical events. Despite its importance to contemporary multi-media, this is the first book that provides a framework for understanding the history, issues and theories surrounding interactive audio. The editor presents the work of academics, composers and sound programmers to introduce the topic from a variety of angles in order to provide a supplementary text for music and multimedia courses. The book offers a fresh perspective on media music, one that will complement film studies, but which will show the necessity of a unique approach when considering games music.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
LCCN	2007033749
ISBN	9780754662006 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0754662004 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780754662112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	075466211X (pbk. : alk. paper)

From Pac-Man to pop music : interactive audio in games and new media / edited by Karen Collins.

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