MAT 200B: Music and Technology Fall 2015

Instructor: David Gordon

Lecture: Tuesday 12-2PM, Thursday 4-6PM
Lab: Thursday 6-7PM or by appointment
Room: Studio Xenakis, Music 2215

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Syllabus

Resources + Links

Schedule

Week One: Introduction

Reading Assignment: Hugill, "The Origins of Electronic Music" by Thurs., Oct. 1
Listening Examples

Week Two: The Nature of Sound

Reading Assignment: Roads, "The Nature of Sound", from Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic, by Thurs., Oct. 8
Lecture, Early Electronic Music
Lecture, The Nature of Sound
Quiz #1 Answer Key

Week Three: Digital Audio Fundamentals

Code Examples: Critical Band Test (Sine) Critical Band Test (Noise)
Reading Assignment: Roads, Ch. 1, "Digital Audio Concepts", from Computer Music Tutorial, due Thurs., Oct. 15
Lecture, Digital Audio
Lecture, Modular Synthesis

Week Four: Microphones and Synthesis Techniques

Final Project Proposal Guidelines
Reading Assignment: Alten, "Microphones", from Working with Audio, due Thurs., Oct. 22
Lecture, Microphone Techniques
Lecture, Speech Synthesis

Week Five: Techniques of Digital Sound Synthesis

Reading Assignment: Essl, "Algorithmic Composition",
from Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, ed. Nick Collins, due Tues., Nov. 3
Lecture, Digital Audio Synthesis
Lecture, Digital Audio Synthesis II

Week Six: Signal Processing Techniques

Lecture, Digital Audio Effects
Lecture, Digital Audio Effects II

Week Seven: Algorithmic Music

Lecture, Algorithmic Music
Lecture, Algorithmic Music II

Week Eight: Graphic Notation / Spatial Sound

Lecture, Graphic Notation
Lecture, Spatial Music

Week Nine: Microsound

Lecture, Microsound
Lecture, Microsound II

Week Ten: Interaction / Mixing and Mastering

Lecture, Interactivity and Control
Lecture, Mixing and Mastering

Week Eleven

Dead Week: No class; prepare for final presentations

Finals Week

Summary of the course and final project presentations

Final Projects