![]() Students blended genres by layering composition methods and songwriting with computer-generated sounds. The showcase, a culmination of a semester of work, highlighted the ways that performance technology is not just for electronic musicians. “This class was about embracing technology as an instrument,” said Music Technology faculty member Timo Preece, an industry expert who conceptualized and led the course. The showcase was the result of a new course at USC Thornton open to all USC students, Performance Technology (MTEC 499), that focuses on using audio technology like Ableton Live as a real-time instrument, much like traditional instruments are performed. ![]() “You have any sound you can conceive of at your fingertips, so you have a lot more colors in your pallet to choose from,” said Composition student Luca Mendoza (’21). There were not a lot of acoustic instruments at the Performance Technology Showcase in Carson Center last spring, but the possibilities of the laptops and keyboards and controllers on stage was limitless. USC Thornton debuted a new course last spring focused on training students to use technology like Ableton Live for performance.
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