Foundations of Music Technology

V.J. Manzo (PhD Temple University, M.M. New York University) is Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Cognition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is a composer and guitarist with research interests in theory and composition, artificial intelligence, interactive music systems, and music cognition. V.J. is the Oxford University Press author of the books MAX/MSP/Jitter for Music on developing software-based interactive music systems and coauthor of Interactive Composition: Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live. For more information, visit his website vjmanzo.com.

*Each chapter ends with a Summary, key Concepts key Terms.
Forward
Introduction
1. Properties of Sound
Overview
What is Sound?
Frequencies
Timbre
The Harmonic Series and Timbre
Our Hearing Range
Spectrogram Analysis
Combining Timbres
2. Audio
Overview
Before We Begin
The Signal Path
Microphones
Keeping a Uniform Signal
Impedence
Cables
-- XLR Cables
-- Balanced and Unbalanced Signals
-- Balanced 1/4-inch Tip, Ring, and Sleeve (TRS) Cables
-- Unbalanced Tip and Sleeve (TS) Cables
-- Other Cables
Mixers
Audio Interfaces
-- Higher Sampling Rates
-- Compressed Audio
-- Bit Depth and Sampling Rate
-- Audio Interface I/Os
Digital Audio Workstations
Speakers and Amplifiers
Microphone Types and Basic Placement
--Microphone Placement
--Panning
--Other Microphones and Techniques
3. Audio Editing Software
Overview
Basic DAW Functions
Recording & Editing
Gain Levels
Importing Audio
Overdubbing and Preventing Feedback
Loop-based DAWs
4. Synthesis
Overview
Waveforms
Additive Synthesis
Envelopes and ADSR curves
Physical Modeling
Combining Waves
-- Phase
-- Multiplying Waves
-- Ring Modulation
-- Amplitude Modulation ( AM Synthesis)
-- Frequency Modulation (FM) Synthesis
Subtractive Synthesis
Sample-based Synthesis
Granular Synthesis
5. MIDI
Overview
Before MIDI
The MIDI Protocol
-- Note On and Note Off Messages
-- MIDI Programs
-- Controller Messages
-- MIDI Channels
-- Piano Roll
Sampling
Other Protocols
6. Music Notation Software
Overview
Basic Notation Application Functions
Note Entry
Importing MIDI Files
Importing MIDI Files in DAWs
Future Work
7. Sequencing MIDI
Overview
-- Basic Setup
-- The Live Browser
-- Max for Live
-- Plug-Ins Device Browser
-- Other Menus
-- Places
-- Adding Book Content
Working in Live
Arrangement View
MIDI and Audio Tracks
-- MIDI
-- MIDI Pitch Editor
-- MIDI Velocity Editor
-- Loops
-- Adding Tracks
-- Inserting A New MIDI Clip
-- Recording with a MIDI keyboard or the Computer MIDI Keyboard
-- Changing Tempo
-- Saving and Cleaning Up the Set
-- Exporting rendered audio
8. Acoustics
Overview
The Hearing Process
Room Acoustics
Resonance
Sound Systems
Phase Cancellation
Psychoacoustics
Loudness
9. Effects
Overview
Gain and Distortion
Tone-Shaping Controls in Effects
Gate
Compression
Effects and Performance
Output Gains in Effects
Limiting
EQ
Delay
Reverb
Chorus
Flanger
Effects Chain
Effects in DAWs
10. Sequencing and Performing with Audio
Overview
Session View
Recording and Editing Clips
Recording Audio
Audio Channels
Adding Effects
Key and MIDI Mapping
Record to the Arrangement View
11. Technology in Performance
Overview
Old Venues with a New Twist
A Little History: Electroacoustic Music
Film, Television, Video Games, Multimedia, and the Studio
Interactive Music
Interactive Music Systems
Further Possibilities
12. Technology in Education
Overview
Technology for a Purpose
-- Composition
-- Performance
-- Education
Technology-based Musical Instruments
Interactive Music Systems
Separating Cognitive Functions of Musicianship from Physical
Actions
-- Technology Dictating Pedagogy
-- Notation
Educational Considerations
Informal Music Learning through Technology
Technology in Practical Educational Use
13. Technology in Composition
Overview
Algorithmic Composition
-- Early American Algorithmic Composition: David Cope
-- Rule-Based Algorithmic Composition
-- Data-Driven Algorithmic Composition
-- Issues of Authorship
Algorithmic Composition Methods
Software and Tools
-- Pre-composed Loop and Pattern Software
-- Sound Manipulation
-- Composer of Algorithms and Algorithmic Composition
14. Introduction to Music Programming
Overview
Programming Languages
Introduction to Max
The Max Window
-- Help Patchers
-- Arguments
-- Separating Items in a Message
-- Numbers: Integers and Floating Points
-- Aligning
-- Commenting
-- Inspector
Generating Music
-- The RAT Patch: Creating Random Atonal Trash
-- Synthesizing MIDI numbers
-- Adding Timing
-- Slider Patch
-- Rat Patch 2
MIDI Input