Music Library — Index
Music + audio reference: theory, production, synthesis, live sound, sound design, ethno + performance practice, plus T3 catalogs (genres + instruments + DAWs + mics + synths).
Tier 1 — Deep notes (7 done)
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Music theory essentials | music-theory-essentials |
| Audio production, mixing & mastering | audio-production-mixing-mastering |
| Sound synthesis & electronic music | sound-synthesis-and-electronic-music |
| Live sound & acoustics | live-sound-and-acoustics |
| Sound design for film & games | sound-design-for-film-games |
| Ethnomusicology & world music | ethnomusicology-and-world-music |
| Performance practice & historical instruments | performance-practice-and-historical-instruments |
Tier 2 — Specialty
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Orchestration & audio engineering | orchestration-and-audio-engineering |
Tier 2 — In progress (added 2026-05-23)
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Sound synthesis — deep taxonomy | sound-synthesis-deep |
| Mastering chain — deep reference | mastering-chain-deep |
| Orchestration — deep reference | orchestration-deep |
| Live sound & touring — deep reference | live-sound-and-touring-deep |
Cross-cutting _compare_* notes (added 2026-05-25)
Synthesis notes that compare paradigms, methods, or schools across multiple T1 notes within the Music library.
| Note | What it covers |
|---|---|
| _compare_production-paradigms | Live-band tracking vs surgical multitrack vs in-the-box electronic vs hybrid analog-digital vs AI-assisted; bedroom-producer vs studio-team team structure; cost / sonic character / genre fit by paradigm |
| _compare_genre-evolutions | How rock, jazz, electronic, country, and classical evolved across decades; the recurring patterns of technology shock, generational rejection, commercial co-option, regional sub-scenes, and revival cycles |
Tier 3 — Family indexes
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Index | _index |
| Genre tree & instrument catalog | genre-tree-and-instrument-catalog |
| DAW & plugin catalog | daw-and-plugin-catalog |
| Microphone & synthesizer catalog | microphone-and-synthesizer-catalog |
Adjacent libraries
- acoustics-noise-control — psychoacoustics, room acoustics
- Compute — DSP, audio plugins as software
- Math — Fourier, signal processing math
- Engineering — speaker + microphone hardware