Music Technology in the Marketplace
A course that presents the essential elements of technology used for making music, including a brief history of music technology, a discussion of the physical and mathematical natures of various systems, and a presentation of the various families of music technology devices, in both hardware and software realms and analog and digital realms. Principles of development, manufacturing, ergonomics, and artistic validity will be considered, along with underlying principles of acoustics, electronics, and electroacoustics.