Music technology refers to the use of devices and tools to compose, perform, record, and analyze music. This includes electronic music made using electrical devices to produce and alter sounds, as well as computer music created or assisted by computers. Popular music technologies include MIDI interfaces to synchronize equipment; synthesizers to generate and modify sounds; samplers to record and playback audio; sequencers to record and playback multiple musical tracks; and notation software to write sheet music on computers. These technologies allow musicians to more easily create, edit, and share digital music.

1. Music
Technology

2. Music Technology
Music technology is the use of any device,
mechanism, machine or tool by a musician
or composer to make, perform, compose,
playback, record songs or music scores to
analyze or to edit music.

3. Computer Music
Computer music is the application of
computing technology in music
composition, to help people to create new
music or to have computers independently
to create music.

4. Electronic Music
Electronic music is any music that uses
electrical devices or instruments to produce
and alter the sounds used in music.

5. Electronic Devices
Electronic Devices
Disc Jockey MIDI Cable
Sampler
Synthesizer
Sequencer
Computer hardware &
Software
Electronic Keyboards

6. • Composer often use notation software to
create a score for musicians
• Players may use electronic effects or
samples
• Listeners have many options for
consuming music, including personal MP3
players and online streaming services
Music Technology

7. MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
 Midi is a standard way of connecting one
keyboard, with another or several together.
 This means by miding up a digital piano for a
digital synthesizer.
 Eg. a performer needs only to play the piano
and both instruments will sound together in
perfect synchronization.
 Midi equipment is connected by midi cable.
The advantages of midi, is that it allows
equipment to be linked with computers,

8. Synthesizers
 Synthesizers come in different forms. Some
have keyboards some don’t.
 The synthesizers with the keyboard are
usually controlled by a keyboard (piano
keyboard with buttons and slides to create
different effects.
 The most common synthesizers today are
software synthesizers which are software
based.

9.  Software synthesizers started to become
popular in the late 90’s. It has computer
programmes often linked to a Sequencer.
They often have graphical slides and knobs
that you can move with a mouse.
 It can generate, modify and control sound.
They can generate a huge variety of musical
sounds and noises, and the composer has
complete control over pitch, tone colour,
loudness and direction.

10. Sequencer
 A Sequencer is a device or application software that can
record, edit or play back music, by performance
information in several forms.
 Modern sequencers are usually computer programs.
Every note, instrument sound, key signature,tempo and
any other musical direction is given by a computer code.
 This means that different types of computers and
recording equipment can connect to each other. Many
tracks of music can be played back at the same time.

11. Notation Software
 A notation software is software used for
creating sheet music, It allows quick
correction, (audio) flexible editing easy
sharing (via the internet or compact storage
media) and clean, uniform layout.

12. Sampler
 One type of digital keyboard, which can
take a sound fed into it through a
microphone and reproduce it instantly over
the full range of the keyboard.
 This makes it possible for a keyboard player
to play any instrument of the Orchestra.

13.  Samplers are similar in some respects to a
synthesizer, but instead of generating sounds, it uses
recordings of sound that are loaded into it by the
user. They don’t create the sound themselves. They
just play the music back . They can record, change
and playback bits of sound.
 Samplers can be added to a piece by over dubbing
(adding tracks over top of other tracks). You can
record a drum track, then over it a guitar part, then
the vocal part etc.

14. DJ
 Disc Jockey is a person, who mixes recorded music
as it is played.
 Now the word DJ isused to describe someone who
mixes recorded music from any source, usually
cassettes, CDs or Digital audio files on a CD or
laptop.

15.  DJ’s use equipment that can play at least two
sources of recorded music simultaneously and
mix them together.
 This allows the DJ to create seamless
transition between recordings, developing
unique mixes of song.
 At a live performance in a club, the DJ
sometimes adds extra sounds to the music
and a set to decks to play their music.

16. Underline the correct answer.
1.) Which of the following device is not used in electronic music?
1. sampler 2. sequencer 3. synthesizer 4. upright piano
2.)The short form of Musical Instrument Digital Interface is?
1. Midi 2. Mini 3. Mono 4. Menu
3.)Electronic keyboard instruments include
1. stage pianos 2. electric Piano 3.
keyboard synthesizer 4. all of the above
4.) What is the electronic device used to record different sounds of
instruments into different tracks?
1. sequencer 2. sampler 3. synthesizer 4. digital piano
5.) Which of the following is used to add tracks over the top of the other
tracks?
1. sequencer 2. sampler 3. synthesizer 4. digital piano