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Acoustics
Musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, sound


Analog Audio/Recording
Audio editing
, audio tape length and thickness,
magnetic recording, magnetic tape, reel-to-reel audio tape recording, sound recording, tape delay, tape editing, tape loop, tape recorder

Digital Audio/Recording
Analog sound vs. digital sound, digital audio, digital recording, Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem

Digital Image
Digital camera, digital image, digital image editing, digital photography

Digital Sampling

Music workstation, sampler, sampling

Digital Sequencing

Music sequencer, music workstation

Digital Sound Effect Techniques

Echo, pitch shift, reverberation, time stretching

Digital Synthesis

Electronic musical instrument, Sound synthesis

Digital Video

Camcorder, digital video, DVD, stop animation, video

Genres


Ambient music
, computer-generated music, electroacoustic music, electronic music, electronica, musique concrete, plunderphonics, sound collage, tape music


MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIDI

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Laurie Anderson
, Aphex Twin, Luciano Berio, David Byrne, DJ Spooky, Brian Eno, Brad Garton, Kraftwerk, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Paul Lansky, Hugh LeCaine, John Oswald, Steve Reich, Pierre Schaeffer, Raymond Scott, Si Begg, Squarepusher, Morton Subotnick, Tangerine Dream, Iannis Xenakis

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