Music Technology in Live Performance

Music Technology in Live Performance explores techniques to augment live musical performance and represents a comprehensive guide to best practices in music technology for live performance.

This book presents a practical and accessible introduction to the theories of liveness and an array of live performance technologies and techniques. Areas covered include analogue and digital audio, live sound, the recording studio, and electronic music, revealing best professional practices and expert tips, alongside an exploration of approaches to increasing the exchange of energy in live performance.

Music Technology in Live Performance is an ideal introduction for students of music performance, music production, and music technology, and a vital resource for professional musicians, producers, and technology developers.

Tim Canfer is a lecturer in music production at Keele University. He is a musician, a music producer, and a technology developer (including the www.reactivebacking.com suite of Max for Live plugins). Tim is the host and producer of the podcast Sound Learnings and a series editor for our new Perspectives on Education in Audio & Music Production series.