Class Times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. in Powell 106
Content: Computer Music Applications promotes an understanding of problems and solutions associated with computer music applications in a wide variety of contexts including education, composition, performance, and commercial recording but extending to situations where the digital representation of sound is a relevant factor.
Texts: Winkler, Todd. “Composing Interactive Music.” MIT Press: Cambridge, 2001. ISBN: 0-262-73139-8
Grades: Grades will based on class participation, quizzes and examinations. Class participation will be based on class presentation of short projects will be assigned on an irregular basis. Quizzes will be held on Fridays as announced in class.
| Final grades will be based on the following: | |
| Weekly quizzes (10) @ 5 points each | 50 |
| Class participation | 20 |
| Midterm examination | 15 |
| Final examination | 15 |
| Total | 100 |
Max fundamentals and MIDI processing
Week 1: Display objects in Max
Read Chapter 3, pp. 49-70
DisplayInput
1
DisplayInput
2
Objects in Quiz One
Week 2: Input objects in Max (no quiz this week)
Read Chapter 5, pp. 109-122
Input
1
Week 3: Storage objects in Max
Storage
1
Storage
2
Storage
3
Week 4: Output objects in Max
Output
1
Output
2
Output
3
Objects
in Quiz Two (September 24)
Week 5: Using Arguments in Max
Objects
in Quiz Three (October 1)
Algorithmic
example 1
Algorithmic
example 2
Algorithmic
example 3
Week 6: Nesting procedures in Max
Read Chapter 4, pp. 71-86
Nesting
1
Nesting
2
Nesting
3
Nesting
4
Objects
in Quiz Four (October 8)
Week 7: Midterm Examination (October 15)
Max Signal Processing (MSP)
Week 8: Waveform Theory
Quiz five (10/22)
Week 9: MSP fundamentals
Signal processing theory
Quiz six (10/29)
Week 10: Sound generation objects (oscillators)
Read Chapter 8, pp. 236-57
Oscillators
1
Oscillators
2
Oscillators
3
Objects
in Quiz Seven (11/5)
Week 11: Synthesis Methods
Quiz Eight (11/12)
Week 12: Signal processing (function~, lores~) and review Additive Synthesis
Quiz Nine (11/19)
Filters 1
Week 13: Sample Playback objects and filters
Objects
in quiz Ten (12/3)
Week 14: Sound Synthesis
Objects
in quiz Eleven(12/10)
Developing VST/Audio Unit plug-ins
Final Examination is scheduled on 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15