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This webpage, written alongside an article of the same name, is designed to give an overview of the history of music technology, with an educated guess of future trends. For ease of navigation, it is divided into four broad sections. The website includes pictures, sound examples and many links to other related sites. It was written as part of the MSc course in Music Technology at the <A HREF="http://www.york.ac.uk/">University of York</A>. The article can be downloaded <A HREF="mt.doc">here in MSWord format</A>, or read <A HREF="mt.htm">here in HTML format</A>. It is recommended that you read the article first, as these pages are designed to support it and may seem a little unco-ordinated without the framework of the article.
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<A HREF="synth.htm">Sound Synthesis</A></B></FONT></FONT><BR> from the Telharmonium and Theremin, through to today's "soft" synthesisers, including voice synthesis, technology in pipe organs, sampling and physical modeling.
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<A HREF="composer.htm">Composers</A></B></FONT></FONT><BR> who have taken advantage of the technology of this century to develop new music.
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<A HREF="computer.htm">Computers</A></B></FONT></FONT><BR> and music making, including MIDI and human / computer interactions.
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<A HREF="record.htm">Sound Recording</A></B></FONT></FONT><BR> charts the development from Edison's tin-foil recordings of the 19th century to today's multitude of digital recording formats.
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Of more general interest are the websites of a number of music technology magazines. <A HREF="http://www.futurenet.co.uk/futureonline/magazines/magazine.asp?div=3&id=16">Future Music</A> is a British-based monthly, generally concentrating on the consumer end of the market, as is <A HREF="http://www.sospubs.co.uk/">Sound on Sound</A>. Other more academic journals worth looking at are the
<A HREF="http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Computer-Music-Journal/">Computer Music Journal</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09298215.asp">Journal of New Music Research</A> and the <A HREF="http://www.aes.org/">Audio Engineering Society</A> which also has an excellent <A HREF="http://www.aes.org/resources/www-links/">links page</A> which has links to tons of audio resources.
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The author may be contacted by email at <A HREF="mailto:aldisley@yahoo.com">aldisley@yahoo.com</A>.
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