David A. Jaffe

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David Aaron Jaffe (born April 29, 1955) is an American electronic music composer. He has composed over ninety works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, and electronics. He is composed the computer music piece Silicon Valley Breakdown and has contributed to algorithmic innovations, such as the physical modeling of plucked and bowed strings. He also developed music software such as the NeXT Music Kit and the Universal Audio UAD-2/Apollo/LUNA Recording System.