Research Catalog

Title

Experiencing music technology / David Brian Williams, Peter Richard Webster.

Author

Williams, David Brian.

Publication

Belmont, CA : Cengage Learning, c2008.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

Webster, Peter Richard, 1947-

Description

xxvii, 467 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Musical notation > Computer programs
• Software sequencers
• Music and technology
• MIDI (Standard)
• Digital audio editors

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-451) and index.

Contents

Musicians and their use of technology. People making technology ; People using technology ; People questioning technology ; People helping with technology -- Computer and internet concepts for musicians. Computer operating systems and internet software ; Computer and networking concepts ; The mechanics of computers and networking -- Digital audio basics. Acoustics, digital audio, and music synthesis ; Software for capturing, editing, and storing digital audio ; Building a no-frills digital audio workstation -- Doing more with digital audio. Sonic realism: MPEG, Surround Sound, and Laser Discs ; Software for mulitple tracks and channels ; Hardware for multichannel digital audio -- Music sequencing and MIDI basics. How MIDI works ; Software techniques for MIDI sequencing ; MIDI hardware: interfaces, keyboards, and sound modules -- Doing more with MIDI and beyond. Adventures in sound shaping and synthesis ; Extending MIDI: controllers, soundfonts, and timing -- Music notation. Coding systems for music notation and performance ; Software for music notation -- Notation hardware: input devices, scanners, and OMR -- Computer-aided instruction in music. Music software for knowledge and skill development ; New directions in music-instruction software -- Putting it all together.

Call Number

*LE 11-4238

ISBN

• 9780495565543
• 0495565547

LCCN

2007942798

OCLC

212893493

Author

Williams, David Brian.

Title

Experiencing music technology / David Brian Williams, Peter Richard Webster.

Imprint

Belmont, CA : Cengage Learning, c2008.

Edition

Updated 3rd ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-451) and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Added Author

Webster, Peter Richard, 1947-

Research Call Number

*LE 11-4238