The Technology of Music Production

Learn about the music production process—including recording, editing, and mixing—and the tools available to you to create contemporary music on your computer. With the recent introduction of high-quality-low-cost software and hardware, the tools of music production are now available to the masses. Albums are made in bedrooms as well as studios. On the surface this is liberating. Anyone can make an album for the low cost of a couple pieces of gear and a software package. But, if you dig deeper,

• Discuss the nature and properties of sound and its propagation
• Set up a Digital Audio Workstation, record audio, and apply basic editing
• Define and use dynamic, delay, and filter effects effectively
• Explain the role of filters in music synthesis and signal processing