Jack Oughton - Music Tech 101 Presentation

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Music + Technology:§

An Introduction

Jack Oughton



Technology

Simply put I define technology as the tools weuse to help us achieve an aim

The level of complexity determines theheight ; Low Tech -> High Tech

Jack Oughton - www.xijindustries.com



Music

Organized Sound/Pattern ->

Example : Listened to the tracks.W

hat do they have in common?W hich did you prefer?W hat is music to y ou?

Wh y do we have music?




Formal Elements of Music

M elody : A succession of notes forming adistinctive sequence ..

H armony : T he science of the structure,r elations , and practical combination of notes..

Rh yt h m : A specific kind of such a pattern, formed b y a series of notes diffe r ing indu r ation and st r es s..

Music can be said to be comprised of the 3 following parts:




Exercise: Got rhythm?Rhythm is the sum of different sounds. Eachperson can represent one part of a greaterrhythm. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ( tap tables)2 students: stamp feet 1/32 students: hit knees 2 /42 students: clap hands (1st +) / (3rd +)2 students: click fingers ( 2 +) / (4 +)Notice how we fit the notes in? Is music morethan the sum of its parts?




So Music + Technology = ?

T ools (tech) applied to the creation and dissemination of music.Areas of music technology:Recording Mu sic : MicrophoneSynt h esizing Mu sic : SynthesizerS toring Mu sic : Vinyl, CDRepresenting Mu sic : Musical stave, tablature.B roadcasting Mu sic : Radio, Internet




Exercise: Getting Technical

Of the resources immediately available to younow, which can you use to make music from?

Try not to focus to rhythmic/percussiveinstruments1 minute!

Can you find anything that is pitched?






Music technology is about organizing sound

from the resources available to youDoesn t have to be electronic, or even a

official musical instrumentNew instruments are invented every otherday.So be resourceful!




W hat can you do with musictechnology?

Mastering EngineerFilm Composer

Performer/MusicianSound DesignerStudio Recording Engineer

Dialogue ReplacementFoley, field recording


Genuine badass



Advanced Music Technology

The field of Mu sic Tec h nology is usuallyassociated with more advanced technology.W e study how to manipulate software andhardwareW e use it in the studioW e use it live recordingMu ltimedia Entertainment depends on ourunderstanding (music, film, television,computer games, theatre, art installations,etc..)




Introduction To REAPER

Reaper is a Digital Audio W orkstation (DA W )This is the kind of software used in theindustry to create and produce music.

Though simpler than many other industrystandard DA W S, Reaper is actively used bythousands of recording studios and music

professionals for its simplicity and openformat.

(Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording)




Demo : Reaper

Example : Sy nthesis vs. Recording : W e can eithergenerate new sound or rearrange existing sounds

to create music.H ardware vs. S oftware : How much studioequipment do we actually need for the purposeat hand?A pplying Effects : How we can make a pre-existingsound more interesting.A pplying Presets : How we can use the expertiseof others to improve and program our sounds.

Some things we can do with Reaper




Music Tech: Musician Empowerment

Music technology is more powerful and more costeffective than ever.This is thanks to the falling prices and increasingcapabilities of the personal computer and digitalhardware.Thanks to the internet, learning how to use thesetools is as simple as searching for Y outube tutorials.So, the boundaries to making and recording music

are lower than they have ever been!If you have ever wanted to explore music makingwith minimal cost outlay, now is yo u r time .www.reaper.fm/download.php - start here and tr y Reaper for free.




About Jack

Jack is a musician and composer from the UK.He got started properly recording music whena friend showed him to use Reaper .He makes music under many musical aliases.At the moment he writes as X ij, composingelectronic and orchestral music:

www.music.xijindustries.com - or Google xijmusicSend him your tracks. He wants to hear them!


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