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Classwork
- Notes and Stuff (check the Music Tech Course category)
- Textbook Website
- 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)
- Audacity
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)
Introduction to Music Technology
Fall 2006
Department of Music
School of Visual and Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
John Meschi, Instructor
Last update: October 17, 2006