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Sounds and music are embedded in almost every aspect of daily life. This course will provide an overview of the fundamental principles of sound and the factors that determine our audio perception. It will also explore techniques of recording, mixing, processing, synthesis, sampling, analysis, and editing of digital audio.
Syllabus
Sound
- The Human Ear
- The Six Properties of Sound
Pitch
Loudness and Amplitude
Timbre
Perceived Duration
Envelope and Articulation
Spatial Location, Diffusion, Reverberant Environment - Timbre and the Overtone Series
- Music and the Human Condition
- SOFTWARE Tutorial: Sonic Visualizer
- Music and the Environment
Recording
- Microphones
- Mixer Basics
- Digital Audio File Formats
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI
- Digital Audio Effects
- SOFTWARE Tutorial: Audacity Audio Processing
1. Synthesis:
Oscillators
Filters
Envelope Generators
Modulation with LFOs
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Granular Synthesis
Physical Modeling
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 4: TUNING AND TEMPERAMENT / SOUNDATION
- Soundation Web-based Digital Audio Workstation
- Sound Project Using Soundation
- Tuning and Temperament
- Logic Pro (Mac only)
- Avid ProTools
- Reaktor
- Kyma
- Hydrogen
- Mammut
Sonification
Sound for Visual Media
Ableton Live
Max
Pure Data
Supercollider
Mobile Interactions
FINAL EXAM
Instructors
- Steve Everett - Music
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