This introductory section describes the technological and artistic context within which the evolution of electronic sounds and instruments have developed.
Few, if any, human endeavours develop in isolation from related ideas, and this is as true for audio technology as for anything else. Chapter 1 briefly sets out the historical context of developments in sound generation and recording, composition and performance, which have provided the motivation for the systems described in the book.
There is little assumed knowledge on behalf of the reader, other than an interest in sound and music, and a desire to understand the way that its technology has developed along with the artistic practices that produce it.
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