The primer's World-Wide Web site, designed by Jeffrey Stolet for his course in electronic music, resembles something students in a Star Trek movie might use.
Lessons slide into view with a mechanical whir as users click through the table of contents.
The pages are filled with illustrations of musical concepts and techniques, many of which come to life with clever animation and rich sound. One example shows sound from a cello being recorded by a microphone and converted to an electronic signal. The primer covers all the basics of electronic music, including such musical concepts as amplitude, waveform, and phase. Topics are arranged in chapters, but students may browse through the lessons or a glossary. The site requires a Web browser equipped with Shockwave.