1. DIGITAL AUDIO LOOPS AND VIDEO GAMES

2. HISTORY PIONEERS  Electroacoustic Musicians: Pierre Schaeffer, Halim El-Dabh, Pierre Henry, Edgard Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Frippertronics  PRE RECORDED LOOPS  Yellow Magic Orchestra, Grandmaster Flash  VIDEO GAME MUSIC  8 Bit  16 Bit  Later + Wavetable

3. LISTENING EXAMPLES K. Stockhausen – “Tierkreis”performed by Nota Bene

4. FRIPPERTRONICS

5. YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

6. VIDEO GAME MUSIC 8 Bit 16 Bit Wavegame / Orchestra

7. 8 BIT O NE OF THE EARLIEST HOME COMPUTERS TO MAKE USE OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN THE FORM OF SAMPLING WAS THE C OMMODORE A MIGA IN 1985. T HE COMPUTER ' S SOUND CHIP FEATURED FOUR INDEPENDENT 8- BIT DIGITAL - TO - ANALOG CONVERTERS. D EVELOPERS COULD USE THIS PLATFORM TO TAKE SAMPLES OF A MUSIC PERFORMANCE, SOMETIMES JUST A SINGLE NOTE LONG, AND PLAY IT BACK THROUGH THE COMPUTER ' S SOUND CHIP FROM MEMORY. HOME COMPUTERSC OMMODORE A MIGA DIGITAL - TO - ANALOG CONVERTERS SAMPLES SOUND CHIP

8. 16 BIT A S HOME CONSOLES MOVED INTO THE FOURTH GENERATION, OR 16- BIT ERA, THE HYBRID APPROACH ( SAMPLED AND TONE ) TO MUSIC COMPOSING CONTINUED TO BE USED. I N 1988 THE S EGA M EGA D RIVE (S EGA G ENESIS IN THE US) OFFERED ADVANCED GRAPHICS OVER THE NES AND IMPROVED SOUND SYNTHESIS FEATURES ( ALSO USING A Y AMAHA CHIP, THE YM2612),[16] BUT LARGELY HELD THE SAME APPROACH TO SOUND DESIGN. FOURTH GENERATIONS EGA M EGA D RIVENESYM2612[16]

9. LATER + WAVETABLE A S PROCESSING POWER INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE 6 TH GENERATION OF HOME CONSOLES, IT BECAME POSSIBLE TO APPLY SPECIAL EFFECTS IN REALTIME TO STREAMED AUDIO. L IVE O RCHESTRAS / S YNTHESIZERS / R EAL -T IME L OOPS ( AUDIO FADES OR CHANGES BASED ON USER