Push Av Mike (assistant Professor Of Music And Computer Science Assistant Professor Of Music And Computer Science Albright College) D'errico

Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production shows how changes in the design of music software in the first decades of the twenty-first century shaped the production techniques and performance practices of artists working across media, from hip-hop and electronic dance music to video games and mobile apps. Emerging alongside developments in digital music distribution such as peer-to-peer file sharing and the MP3 format, digital audioworkstations like FL Studio and Ableton Live introduced design affordances that encouraged rapid music creation workflows through flashy, "user-friendly" interfaces. Meanwhile, software such as Avid''s Pro Tools attempted to protect its status as the "industry standard," "professional" DAW of choice byincorporating design elements from pre-digital music technologies. Other software, like Cycling 74''s Max, asserted its alterity to "commercial" DAWs by presenting users with nothing but a blank screen. These are more than just aesthetic

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