Video gaming (+ some recording techniques ) musical terms

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