Lecturer: Andrés Cabrera andres@mat.ucsb.edu

Room: Elings 2003

TA: Joseph Tilbian

Quarter: Winter 2015

Mailing list: http://lists.create.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/240

Summary

This course surveys established techniques for audio synthesis and digital signal processing applied to sound. Additive, Subtractive, FM and Granular synthesis will be explored and implemented. Additionally, processing techniques like filtering will be covered. It is a practical course focused on software implementations of the various techniques, and will be permeated by discussions about performance and sound quality.

Theoretical aspects related to the various techniques are discussed, and particular emphasis will be placed on their implementation in computer algorithms. Artistic and practical use of the techniques will also be discussed and tested with the implementations. Different existing implementations will be compared and studied, in particular those found in widespread systems like Csound, Supercollider, Gamma and CSL.

Syllabus

These are the websites for other courses for the 240 series:

• 240A
• 240C
• 240D
• 240E
• 240E