basic music tech info - books and glossaries
a good on-line computer music / music tech book is here
the theory and technique of electronic Music – complete online textbook by Miller Puckette
a good music tech glossary is here
a more advanced glossary is here (see section links on the right)
basic sound recording
on smart phones (limited frequency response / usually mono recording)
a good stereo mic for iPhone (comes with recording software) - stereo binaural mics / headphone combination
some additional mics for the iPhone / iOS - or check out this guide to USB mics
portable flash recorders: for 100.00 -- for 250.00 -- for 800.00
basic editing
freeware - audacity (mac, windows, linux) -- music editor free (pc) -- more free editors listed here
cheapware - fission (mac) -- various options from Magic Software (pc)
DAW / sequencing (digital audio workstation)
garageband (mac) -- included w/ mac computers
reaper (mac / pc) -- free trials, then 60.00
logic pro -- (mac) 200.00
protools -- (mac / pc) various pricing plans, starting around 300.00 per year
ableton live (mac / pc) various price levels starting at 100.00
audio interface -- various prices starting at about 100.00
headphone info is here
other music software / programming languages - where the hacking begins...
primer on how digital audio works
read this in-depth article on sound programming
check out google chrome music lab or Abelton learning music or learning synthesis
various freeware - spear (analysis / resynthesis) soundhack (lower right corner for the app) interesting sound analyzer / visualizer
Info, sound libraries and API's for java - java script and processing
text based sound programming language called chucK - a good book on programming for musicians (using chucK) is here - Online chuck course is here
PD -- a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing (similar to max, but free)
max -- used to to create unique sounds, visuals, and interactive media
* the max documentation is Online here -- good (older) intros to max are here and here --
click here for a lot of info on learning max
* this is a good on-line max
class (free to audit) -- more Online tutorials are here -- a bunch of cool max projects are here
the new max cookbook is Online here
another list of music related software
technology in performance (big topic...)
you could read this short article on live electronic music performance
or this longer article on interactivity and live computer music
check out Laetitia Sonami -- mostly robots -- the Princeton laptop orchestra -- or check out some of my live performance work
read about sensor technologies for computer instruments -- open source electronics platform called arduino
hearing health (be safe out there...)
a bunch of good info here
more info at H.E.A.R
two good options for hearing protections -- inexpensive earplugs -- custom earplugs
streaming sites / music listening /
pandora - the music genome / personalized radio -- info about the music genome project
on-demand -- Apple Music -- spotify -- many others... slides about how the spotify recommendation engine works
everyday listening - sonic inspiration (sound blog)
sound archive of experimental music and sound art
Ubu web: sound
a collection of free sounds
online learning
create digital music -- music technology blog
sound on sound -- audio recording magazine with tutorials
Emusician -- electronic music / music technology magazine
Kadenza web based courses in art and creative media technologies
open courses from -- coursera -- Audacity -- edX -- MIT open courseware
a bunch of additional free online educational resources
music tech classes at MHC
Music 102 - introductory course on music and technology
Music 202 - intermediate electronic and computer music class
Music 203 - acoustic ecology and sonic art
Music 3xx - advanced capstone course - projects in sound and media arts
Women's Music / Tech Organizations
Audible Women
Women in Music Tech
Women's Audio Mission
Sound Girls Org
Women in Music
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