Research Subject Guides: Music: Learn about Music Technology

Music : Learn about Music Technology

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Acoustical Science and Technology
An open access journal on J-Stage, which maintains and develops and disseminates Japan's science and technology research.
Audio Media International
Geared for audio production professionals.
Total Production (International Live Event Design & Technology)
A magazine dedicated to the design and technology of live events, from concert, gig and festival productions, to theater shows and temporary events.

Music and Technology.com
An informative blog curated by Stephen Sherrard, a professional music producer, recording engineer, and award winning mixing engineer, with more than 20 years of experience.
Podcomplex Music Technology Blog
Provides information on music technology news, promotion techniques, production tips and gear sightings.
Recording Pioneers
A who's who of sound recorders spanning roughly from 1878-1940.
Sound on Sound
Based in the UK, Sound On Sound is recognised internationally as the 'bible' of the music recording industry and a firm favourite of top producers, engineers and artists.

AUDIO TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC, AND MEDIA from sound wave to reproduction. by Ashbourn, Julian
ISBN: 9783030624293

Publication Date: 2021
Basic music technology : an introduction by Mazzola, G. (Guerino), et al.
ISBN: 9783030009823
Cloud-Based Music Production by Matthew T. Shelvock Cloud-Based Music Production: Samples, Synthesis, and Hip-Hop presents a discussion on cloud-based music-making procedures and the musical competencies required to make hip-hop beats. By investigating how hip-hop producers make music using cloud-based music production libraries, this book reveals how those services impact music production en masse. Cloud-Based Music Production takes the reader through the creation of hip-hop beats from start to finish - from selecting samples and synthesizer presets to foundational mixing practices - and includes analysis and discussion of how various samples and synthesizers work together within an arrangement. Through case studies and online audio examples, Shelvock explains how music producers directly modify the sonic characteristics of hip-hop sounds to suit their tastes and elucidates the psychoacoustic and perceptual impact of these aesthetically nuanced music production tasks. Cloud-Based Music Production will be of interest to musicians, producers, mixers and engineers and also provides essential supplementary reading for music technology courses.
ISBN: 9781351137089

Publication Date: 2020-02-18

Introduction to NFTs (Opens in new window)
An online course from LinkedIn Learning, with videos and exercises.

Mashed up : music, technology, and the rise of configurable culture by Sinnreich, Aram
ISBN: 9781613760444

Publication Date: 2010
Music, Sound, and Technology in America by Timothy D. Taylor (Editor); Mark Katz (Editor); Tony Grajeda (Editor)
ISBN: 9780822393917

Publication Date: 2012-06-19

This unique anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, film sound, and the radio. Describes the ways that the new sound technologies were received by real people in particular places and moments in time.

Sisters with Transistors (video)
Learn about the history of women in recording technology in this documentary video