Music Technology

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Music Technology

• Chats Devroop

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Introduction

• Welcome
• Lecturers
• Chats Devroop, Pieter Jacobs, Alet Joubert
• Consultation times and venue
• Devroop background in Music Technology

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Course requirements

• See webpage
• http//www.up.ac.za/academic/music/technology
• Access codes
• Rules and regulations
• Evaluation

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Course Structure
Module No. Title of Module Lectures
1 Computers, Info Sys Lab Management (CISLM) 5
2 Internet and telecommunications (IT) 2
3 Research in Music Technology (R) 1
4 Electronic Musical Instruments (EMI) 2
5 Computer- based Instruction (CBI) 2
6 Music Notation (MN) 2
7 Audio Technology (AT) 3
8 Midi Sequencing (MS) 4
9 Multimedia and Digitized media (MDM) 4
10 Computer Music and Synthesis (CM) 1
11 Music Industry 1
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Software and Projects

• Hardware
• Software
• Computers

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Ancillary Information

• Computer Faire
• CeBit and Frankfurt Musikmesse
• Newspaper/periodical articles
• IT supplement
• TV programs Computer chronicles

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Library

• Books
• CD courseware
• Supporting information
• Software and videos

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Real Life

• Outcomes based modularized course
• Projects and deadlines
• Student responsibilities
• Protocol

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What is Music Technology?

• Purpose
• Brief History and background
• Quo vadis

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What is Music Technology?

• Music organized sound
• Technology - Greek origin technologia made up
  of technés art or made by human hand
• logikés study
• Technology means the study of art, the
  analysis of how things are made and work and
  how such knowledge can be used to make them
  better

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Definition of Music Technology

• According to Devroop (Dmus 2002)
• Music Technology is that part of the
  technological field , which requires the
  application of scientific and musical knowledge
  combined with technical and musical skills to
  music activities it lies in the occupational
  spectrum at the end closest to the musician.

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Music Technology structure
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Requirements

• See Webpage
• Additional Information CD Space in Time
  available in Library
• Next week Familiarity with MS Office
• Work though CDROM Teaching You IT Skills
• Reading Chapter 2 Sound and Hearing from
  Modern Recording Techniques by D.M. Huber

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Teaching You IT Skills

• Introducing Information Technology
• Recognizing Types of computers
• Working with the main parts of a PC
• Using Start-up and shutdown
• Using My Computer
• Using windows explorer
• Working with Word