music technology

Audio production field

Music technology refers to the tools, equipment, and techniques used to create, record, manipulate, and distribute music electronically.

The term encompasses everything from synthesizers and drum machines to digital audio workstations and streaming platforms.

In education, music technology is often a distinct field of study: She's majoring in music technology at Berklee.

Related
  • synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
  • samplerSelection for trying
  • sample packSmall trial-size product collection
  • MIDIElectronic music data standard
  • DAWAudio production software

audio interface · mixing · sound design · audio · beats · beat drop · loops · producer · home studio · sequencer · plugins · reverb · vocoder · pitch correction · turntable · vinyl · waveform · analog

Categories
Opposites
technological mediation in music

music technologyacoustic music

Sound without amplification

a cappella · acoustic instruments · human voice · folk music · hand percussion

artifice versus authenticity

music technologylo-fi recording

Intentionally rough audio capture

field recording · authenticity

historical era of music-making

music technologytraditional music

Culturally inherited sonic art

oral tradition · medieval music · Renaissance music · folk music · early music

Family

music, technology, musical, musically, musician, musicians, muse, technological, technologically

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G