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Brief History of Music Tech.

sdk05f — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:39:04 +0000

Telhamonium (1906)

Theremin (1919)

Working with Tape (late 40′s, early 50′s)

-musique concrete (French)

-elektronische Musik (German)

Computers

-started slow and big

-RCA Synthesizer (1955, RCA Mark II)

Personal Computer

-Max/MSP

>IRCAM

-promotes electro/acoustic music

-Software Synths

Notes

sdk05f — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:24:31 +0000

MIDI- Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Tech Notes

sdk05f — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:45:14 +0000

researching – university websites are always good

-look for current copyright

-Library of Congress is always valid

-look for sources on webpage

-look up authors to see their credentials

Benefits of Wikipedia:

-lists sources

-not a citable source but a valid source (quick definitions of terms, etc.)

Citing Sources: -chicagomanualofstyle.org

>tools

>Chicago-style citation quick guide

>now there is a citation for blogs

Email

sdk05f — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:43:09 +0000

Email – username@fsu.edu

When sending an email:

First finds FSU via DNS

Goes to fsu.edu

FSU sorts the email -> username

Notes 9/11

sdk05f — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:46:01 +0000

CSS – Cascading Style Sheet

Before CSS the process for designing a webpage was very tedious.

Now, we use CSS (.css) which defines everything for a webpage in one sheet. Then all you do is reference the code. Loading a webpage is much faster also.

RSS – Really Simple Syndication

Music Tech Notes

sdk05f — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:52:33 +0000

static web page – have to change code

dynamic web page – automatically updated

11:15′s post

sdk05f — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:35:10 +0000

Ahhh! The Noles ~~LOST.~~ How terrible.

HTML -

Hello world!

sdk05f — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:29:22 +0000

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