Overview of music/ sound recording techniques that were state of the art in the 80s. The host, a black woman, explains using a sythesizer and keyboard together to make electronic music. CU of the sythn knobs and sound waves on an oscilloscope. The male host uses a small harp to demonstrate measuring sounds on the oscilloscope. They explain envelopes, pitch,attack, release etc. A sound technician/ musician is interviewed about creating music for a title sequence of a film.