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Developements in music technology

Development of Music Technology

Music has always been an integral component of peoples’ lives and communities in general and so the development of music and/or styles is important to advance and update music with modern life.
The ongoing development of music technology (both making it and capturing it) has always been about enhancing the sound, tone and quality of the recorded performance and also to increase the oral pleasure of the listener.
The origins of electronic music can be traced back to the audio analytical work of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) the German physicist, mathematician and author of the seminal work "SENSATIONS OF TONE: Psychological Basis for Theory of Music" (c1860). Helmholtz built an electronically controlled instrument to analyse combinations of tones the "Helmholtz Resonator", using electro magnetically vibrating metal tines and glass or metal resonating spheres the machine could be used for analysing the constituent tones that cr...

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