MTC191 - Electronic Music

Pink Noises brings together twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and installation and performance artists.

Here is a catalogue raisonee of Stockhausen's complete output, involving no technical analyses, but rather an examination of the music's aesthetic, practical, and intellectual assumptions.

Since its initial release in 1997, Paul Gilreath's The Guide to MIDI Orchestration has been the premiere text on creating realistic emulations of a symphony orchestra using samplers and computer recording techniques. The Guide to MIDI Orchestration explains how to merge this ever-expanding technology with the artistry of orchestration to produce the most lifelike recordings possible.

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows readers how to get the most out of four of the leading audio sequencers - Apple's Logic Pro, Avid's Pro Tools, MOTU's Digital Performer, and Steinberg's Cubase, and is the book for readers looking to build their skills in composition, orchestration, and mixing using software tools.

MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most common format for recorded audio. MP3s are products of compression, a process that removes sounds unlikely to be heard from recordings. This book illuminates the crucial role of compression in the development of modern media and sound culture.

The new edition of this bestselling book offers all you need to know and put into practice in order to improve your mixes.

Emphasizing the creative aspect of music technology, this introduction sets out an overview of the field for music students in a non-scientific and straightforward way.

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy.

This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early recording equipment to the most recent multimedia performances, the history of electronic music is full of interesting characters, fascinating and unusual music, and radical technology.

How sonically distinctive digital "signatures"--including reverb, glitches, and autotuning--affect the aesthetics of popular music, analyzed in works by Prince, Lady Gaga, and others.

An investigation into the affective modes of perception, temporality, and experience enabled by experimental new media sonic art.

The beginner's guide to exploring, understanding, and rocking in the world of dance music using the free LMMS digital audio workstation."

An easy-to-follow guide for using Pro Tools HD 11 effectively.This book is ideal for anyone who already uses ProTools and wants to learn more, or is new to Pro Tools HD and wants to use it effectively in their own audio workstations.

The entire range of John Cage's work & thought, explored in three wide-ranging dialogues, which constitute his last unified statement on his art.

This innovative book and soundscapes, assembled by the editors of the renowned periodical Terra Nova, is the first anthology published on the subject of music and nature. The Book of Music and Nature celebrates our relationship with natural soundscapes while posing stimulating questions about that very relationship.

Composer, performer, instrument builder, teacher, and writer Gordon Mumma has left an indelible mark on the American contemporary music scene. A prolific composer and innovative French horn player, Mumma is recognized for integrating advanced electronic processes into musical structures, an approach he has termed "Cybersonics."