In both of your Component 3 and Component 4 exams the topics that need to be covered for the History and development of music technology are the same.
Students are required to develop knowledge and understanding of the history and development of recording and production technology, from current digital technologies back to the mono, analogue recording technologies in the 1930s, through the following eras:
- Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)
- Emerging technologies (c.1996 – present day)
- Digital recording and sequencing (c.1980 – present day)
- Large-scale analogue multitrack (c.1969 – 1995)
- Early multitrack recording (c.1964 – 1969)
- Direct to tape mono recording (c.1930 – 1963)
Course details
- Requirements: AS and A Level Music Technology
- Difficulty: Knowledge and understanding at an intermediate level
- Prior Knowledge: None
- Time: a minimum of approximately 3 hours of study per subject is needed to consolidate the information
