Principles and Practice of Electronic Music - Still More Thoughts

I finally made it through the lists of procedures, but now I’m reading about tape recorders. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this book is old, and in some ways obsolete. Who uses tape recorders? Especially reel-to-reel tape recorders – the kind this book goes into detail about. I think it’s interesting from a historical perspective, but I don’t think it will be of great use to me today. Modern computer software could probably do everything the tape recorder ever could – and it could do it quicker and more efficiently. But, like I said, it’s interesting to read about these things from a book that was written back when they were in use.

I have found myself wishing there were more diagrams, so I could see what is going on. There are times where I get a bit lost, thinking; “huh?” If I ever write a text like this, I should probably include plenty of diagrams.

The next chapter is about getting started in electronic music. I want to get started and do these things for myself. I think I might need to get a working soldering iron (my last two won’t cut it), get some plans, and get going!

Of course, I should actually read that chapter first, so I have a better understanding of what to do. And before reading that chapter, I want to finish this chapter.