Ernie Rideout was the Editor in Chief of Keyboard magazine, and was on the staff there for 15 years. He has written extensively on music technology for other publications, such as EQ magazine, Bass Player, Electronic Musician, and others. At Roland Corporation, he was in charge of all marketing document writing and production. He was co-developer of the listening curriculum for Yamaha's Music in Education system. He has taught electronic music, music production, ethnomusicology, jazz improvisation, and orchestral performance at institutions such as U.C.L.A and U.C. Berkeley. He was a public sc...