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Classwork
- Notes, Agenda and Assignments
- Textbook Website
- Technology Questionnaire
- Editing in Audacity [new window]
Music Technology Terminology +
Electronic Keyboards and Synthesizers
- Electronic Keyboard Basics (from IAEKM)
- What is a Synthesizer
- Electronic Musical Instruments 1870 - 1990
- History of the Synthesizer (before 1900)
The Triton (first three links are PDF files. Require free Acrobat Reader)
MIDI and Desktop Music
- Desktop Music Handbook
- What is MIDI
- Exploring MIDI (especially Connecting MIDI Studios in MIDI Connections)
Notation Software
- Finale and Sibelius (two popular music notation applications)
- Music Notation Software (a long list of other notation programs)
- Finale NotePad (free version of Finale you can install on your computer)
Free Software (to install on your computer)
- ACID XPress (free version of ACID. PC only)
- Finale NotePad (free version of Finale. PC and MAC)
- Logic Fun (free sequencer. PC and MAC)
Miscellaneous
- Working software list (from our textbook Website)
- Info Guides, Reviews and Resources (from Kelly's Music & Computers)
- Choosing a Composition Program (PDF file. Requires free Acrobat Reader)
- Sources for MIDI files
- Free Sheet Music
- ACIDPlanet (listen to what others are doing with the ACID)
- Use this search to find free Acid loops to download
Computer and Internet Terminology
- Glossary of Computing & Internet Terms
- Webopedia
- Glossary (at Columbus State University)
The Sidebar
September 22, 2005
Check the new textbook link on our home page. FYI, In the late 90s, the book's authors, a.k.a. "Squeak and Blat", published a Web-based column about Music Technology which was a important resource for many musicians and music teachers who were getting started in music technology and looking for guidance and answers.
September 20, 2005
Some terms to keep in mind: MIDI, synthesizer, sequencer, multi-timbral
Department of Music Listening Library on WebCT. Remember your ID is in the format firstname.lastname and your password is your student ID number (unless you've changed it.)
Introduction to Music Technology
Fall 2005
Department of Music
School of Visual and Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
John Meschi, Instructor
Last update: October 11, 2005