Re: Who's on the forefront of loopmuse?

[Peter Ensign <peterensign@att.net>]

Paolo Valladolid wrote:
> 
> I don't know if this is directly related to the question, but one
> interesting application of looping might be in video games.
> 
> One of my roommates likes to play a Playstation game called
> "Parappa The Rappa".  Parappa is the character you play in this game
> (looks like a young relative of Snoopy with a hat on).  You help him
> rap with the people he encounters (a turnip karate sensei, a cow meter
> maid, etc.) by following a visual cue at the top of the screen and
> hitting the appropriate buttons in time with the cue and the music.
> There is an element of improvisation in that you can introduce a
> stuttering effect depending on how quickly you repeatedly hit the buttons
> (e.g. Parappa says "Pu-Pu-Punch!" instead of just "Punch!").  At the
> right of the screen there's a meter that runs from "You Be Rappin Ill!"
> to "You Be Rappin Excellent" or something like that.
> 
> What I find interesting about this game is that it lets people with
> no musical training at all get a taste of musical improvisation and
> work on their rhythm through a non-standard interface or "instrument".
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paolo Valladolid
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