1. Music Technology
By: Lourdes Ramirez

2. What is Music Technology?
Technology such as electronic devices and computer software that make it easy for a musician to make music.
Recording
Performance
Storage of music

3. Alesis Music company established in 1980 that sells music products
Synthesizers
Hard disk recorders
Instruments

4. iMultimix 16 USB Tabletop mixer 28-bit digital effects
built in limiter
Eliminates distortions in the music
It has a 16-channel mixer

5. iMultiMix 8 USB Much smaller than the iMultiMix 16 USB
playback the music
mixes your music from the iPod
transfer the music to your iTunes on a computer
he channels or recordings are put into the computer as CD quality
44.1 or 48 kHz

6. TransActive Mobile PA system Public address
An electronic amplification apparatus installed and used for broadcasting in public areas.
Attach:
a CD player, musical instruments, microphone and it also includes an iPod dock

7. ProTrack first handheld digital stereo recorder for the iPod
LED-level metering for visual
Microphones

8. USB Pro Drum Kit
first drum set that uses a Mac or a PC as the sound unit
Trigger|iO interface
FXpansion BFD Lite
Allows you to save your recordings
MIDI compatible
replay the songs and change them up on your computer.

9. Akai
Purpose:
“to give artists the tools they need to express and explore new musical possibilities.”

10. MPC 5000 created by dozens of engineers and 20 years of experience
64 continuous sample tracks
64-drum samplers
64 MB which can be expanded to 192 MB
produce the whole song in the MPC

11. MPC Comparisons MPC 60 1988 $5,000 750 kB Internal 3½" floppy drive
MPC Model
Release Date
Price
Sampling Memory
Storage Method
MPC 60
1988
$5,000
750 kB
Internal 3½" floppy drive
MPC 60-II
1991
$5000
MPC 3000
1993
$3,500
2 MB
MPC 2000
1997
$1,999
SCSI Interface
MPC 2000XL
200
$1,099.99
Floppy/Zip Drive/CompactFlash
MPC 4000
2002
$2,799
16 MB
Hard Drive/ CD ROM
MPC 1000
2005
$999
CompactFlash/ Hard Drive
MPC 500
2006
$699.99
CompactFlash
MPC 2500
$1,999.99
CompactFlash/CD-Rom/DVD-Rom/Hard Drive
MPC 5000
2008
$2,500
64 MB

12. EWI USB first electronic wind instruments make music electronically.
What you need:
Mac or PC
EWI USB software
Aria Player software

13. What’s next?

14. iBangle Concept being developed Designed by Gopinath Prasana
The next iShuffle

15. References
“2008 FutureMusic Technology Report”
“Akai Professional”
“Akai Professional”
“Alesis”
“Alesis”
“Alesis”
“Alesis”
“Alesis”
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“Cool Music Technology at NAMM 2008”
“Destination Akai MPC Series”
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“Introduction to Music Technology” <
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 “Music Production Center” <
 “New Music Technology at NAMM 2007” <