Music Production, as most of us know, is simply the means of making music. However, this seemingly simple topic is actually incredibly complicated in various ways. Wiki states, Music production (more specifically here, Audio post production) “is the general term for all stages of production happening between the actual recording in a studio and the completion of a master recording. It involves, sound design, sound editing, audio mixing, and the addition of effects”. These sub-topics, especially now, include things like actually creating the sounds that we hear electronically as well as the editing done to the audio in order for it to sound the desired way or for it to be able to be played in a certain setting and in a certain format.
Relation to Computer Science:
Music production relates to computer science (especially in electronically produced music) because the music depends inherently on music software (for instance Logic Pro, Ableton, FL Studio, Garageband, etc.) which is created through programming. Actually, all music today at some point goes through some sort of computer in order to be played electronically (unless you hear the music live and the instrument is not plugged into anything). The process goes beyond just music software but also towards self-made instruments that provide input to computers (Like “a pendulum hanging from an upside-down cup-shaped sensor” that plays organized music when swinging. A “UCSC professor David Cope drew attention and criticism on computer-driven human composers in the ‘90s when he debuted software called EMI Experiments in Musical Intelligence”. This program was able to mimic certain composers style so that it be unrecognizable (which inevitably brought about the question of creativity in music in the future). There are many more computer science related sub-topics in music such an Artificial Intelligence that can create music itself, including vocals, without human interaction. In the modern day most music is extremely closely related with computer science in most, if not all aspects.
References:
https://qz.com/790523/daddys-car-the-first-song-ever-written-by-artificial-intelligence-is-actually-pretty-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_post_production
https://www.cheersounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Booth-bannersize.jpg
I think the most relevant discussion with this topic in today's climate is how much use of the computing technique in music is too much. It seems like everywhere you turn you hear about someone complaining about the overuse of autotune or a similar software. Do you think that we should continue to explore ways to develop this technology, or trend more toward classic methods of music production?
ReplyDelete