Welcome to MUS 14A on the Web
New or updated links are listed in bold
Classwork
- Notes, Agenda and Assignments
- First Day Questionnaire
- Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe
- Demonstration Videos (require Flash)
- An easier-to-read version of Finale Exercise 2 (PDF file)
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
- Making Music with MIDI
- Exploring MIDI (especially Connecting MIDI Studios in MIDI Connections)
- Recording in Cakewalk
- Cakewalk Track View Screen Shot
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
- 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
October 26, 2004
Now that we're finishing up our first look at sequencing and starting music notation and Finale, it's a good idea to go back and re-read some of the pages you studied at the beginning of the semeser.
So, take another look at the MIDI section of the Desktop Music Handbook. See if the material makes more sense the second time around. If it doesn't, tell me!
By the way, good work on your first two sequencing projects. Nicely done!
Some terms to keep in mind: MIDI, synthesizer, sequencer, multi-timbral
Introduction to Music Technology
Fall 2004
Department of Music
School of Visual and Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
John Meschi, Instructor
Last update: November 8, 2004