sound effect
an artificially created or enhanced sound
chiptune
a style of synthesised electronic music, made using programmable sound generator sound chips of synthesisers
synthesiser
electronic instrument
sampling
including a portion of a separate recording
jumping bass
a jump from a bass note to a higher note eg. an octave
ground theme
background music throughout the whole game
automatic double tracking (ADT)
recording two performances of the same music so it sounds like multiple instruments in order to thicken a musical line
Direct input transformer (DI)
recording or playing directly into a mixing desk or computer without the use of an amplifier