Music In Video Games

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music in video games is the number of bits which a sound Central Processing Unit
(CPU) has. The sound CPU is a component in a video game system which controls
every single sound which a system produces. This, then, obviously includes
music. Specifically, the CPU controls what sounds are to be played at what time,
their volume and dynamics, and each sound's length and rhythm. In a sense, the
sound CPU acts as a conductor who has absolute control over every single
instrument in his orchestra. The increase of the number of bits serves to
improve music quality by increasing the number of channels of sound which can be
played at the same time. This will just be like increasing the number of
instruments in an orchestra. As in the romantic period, an increase in the
number of instruments can lead to a richer and more varied blend of sounds which
can be used to cause effects of drama and human emotions during game play. This
increase in emotional portrayal can also be seen as ...

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programmers are now becoming
more and more aware that programming long varying songs can keep a player from
becoming bored and switch to another game. Thus, this partially increases a
player's liking of a particular game.
The other function of the ARAM is to store information which defines the
timbres in a song. Sound, like many other things which occur in nature,
actually consists of waves which travel through a medium and then hit our
eardrums, causing them to vibrate and sending messages to our brain which is
interpreted as sounds. Like all the other waves in nature, sound waves can be
mathematically defined as a set of equations. Mathematical equations are
exactly the way in ...

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