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Sound Ideas: Music, Machines, and Experience
Aden Evens
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Description for Sound Ideas: Music, Machines, and Experience
Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 graphs. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
As people from record collectors to file swappers know, the experience of music - making it, marketing it, listening to it - relies heavily on technology. From the viola that amplifies the vibrations of a string to the CD player that turns digital bits into varying voltage, music and technology are deeply intertwined. What was gained - or lost - when compact discs replaced vinyl as the mass-market medium? What unique creative input does the musician bring to the music, and what contribution is made by the instrument? Do digital synthesizers offer unlimited range of sonic potential, or do their ... Read more
As people from record collectors to file swappers know, the experience of music - making it, marketing it, listening to it - relies heavily on technology. From the viola that amplifies the vibrations of a string to the CD player that turns digital bits into varying voltage, music and technology are deeply intertwined. What was gained - or lost - when compact discs replaced vinyl as the mass-market medium? What unique creative input does the musician bring to the music, and what contribution is made by the instrument? Do digital synthesizers offer unlimited range of sonic potential, or do their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Theory Out of Bounds
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816645374
SKU
V9780816645374
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About Aden Evens
Aden Evens is assistant professor of technical communication at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a musician.
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