An Introduction to Music Technology

by Dan Hosken

An Introduction to Music Technology provides a clear and concise overview of the essential elements of music technology for today’s musician. It is designed to provide music students with the background necessary to apply technology in their creating, teaching, and performing. This book focuses on five topics that underlie the hardware and software in use today: Sound, Audio, MIDI, Synthesis and Sampling, and Computer Notation and Computer-Assisted Instruction. In addition, there is an appendix that covers necessary computer hardware and software concepts. Features: Further Reading sections that allow the student to delve deeper into topics of interest – Suggested Activities that can be carried out with a variety of different programs – Key Terms at the end of each chapter – What do I need? chapters covering the types of hardware and software needed in order to put together Audio and MIDI systems – The companion website contains links to audio examples that demonstrate various concepts, step-by-step tutorials, relevant hardware, software, and additional audio and video resources.

Genres: Music

400 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Daniel W. Hosken

Reviews

[Leilani]

Can't wait to start this book. I only just bought it yesterday and it was very expensive. I'm using Adobe Audition but the version is out of date so there were no books on that version in store, so instead I bought this. It looks really good. The book I was tossing it up with was Modern Recording Techniques by Huber, which looked really good and was almost as expensive, but that looked a little advanced for me (I couldn't afford both). I didn't want to destroy my interest in the subject by finding it too hard to get through without a slog. It was 642 pages long. I can always buy it once I have read this.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this for a midi & electronic music course and it was very helpful

[Edie Walls · Rating 3 out of 5]

We barely used this in the class I needed it for, but it's still a good overview of the basics, even getting a little too technical sometimes.