Fall 2019

MUSC 336 | E-book | Biblio

Learning: Max | MIDI | MSP | Notation | Reason | History | Audacity

C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Course & Studio Introduction
2.	Interactive Music Programming & MIDI
3.	DSP & Synthesis
4.	Notation
5.	Sequencing
	Sound Editing & Transformation

News

Due Fri., Dec. 13, 3 pm:

• Project #5 Audacity: Sound Editing & Transformation (via e-submission)
• Exam 3: Reason, Audacity & Music & Computers Ch. 4-5 (in my SOM box, R101)
• Return your Studio B key to R101

Homework

Read Burk, et al, Music and Computers by Dec. 6

• Ch. 4 The Synthesis of Sound by Computer
• Ch. 5 The Transformation of Sound by Computer

Quotable

	There are no theoretical limitations to the performance of the computer as a source of musical sounds, in contrast to the performance of ordinary instruments.
	— Max Mathews

Textbook (Open Access)

Phil Burk, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts and Dan Rockmore.
Music and Computers:  A Theoretical and Historical Approach, 2011 Archival Version. {E-book}

Chapter Overviews
Ch. 1 (pdf); Ch. 2 (pdf); Ch. 3 (pdf); Ch. 4 (pdf); Ch. 5 (pdf); See also: Module Overviews

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
   • Course Overview –  Links to course readings, overviews, and resources in module order
   • Daily Schedule (pdf)
   • Digital Audio Theory
   • Bibliography
2. Computer Music Studio B
• Studio Policies (pdf)
  • Studio B Key
  • Tech Notes
• Log Sheet (pdf)
• iCal Schedule (iCal)
• Music Library
  • Hours of Operation
3. Links for Students

Projects

1. Max: Programming with Max & MIDI – Due: Mon., Oct. 7
   • Part A: Preparatory Homework (pdf)
   • Part B: Random Music Generator (pdf)
2. MSP: DSP & Synthesis – Due: Wed., Oct. 30
   
   • Part A: Preparatory Homework (pdf)
   • Part B: Additive & FM Synthesis (pdf)
3. Reason 1: Redrum (pdf) – Due: Fri., Nov. 15
4. Reason 2: Sequencing (pdf) – Due: Wed., Dec. 4 or Fri., Dec. 6
5. Audacity: Sound Editing & Transformation (pdf) – Due: Wed., Dec. 13, 3 pm
   
   Get sounds at: FreeSFX, Freesound, etc. (See also: MUSC 540)

Module Overviews

1. Interactive Music Programming
• Max Programming (pdf)
• MIDI (pdf)
2. DSP & Synthesis
• MSP Basics (pdf)
  
• How Digital Audio Works (pdf)
• Digital Audio Theory
3. Notation
4. Sequencing, Sampling & Mixing
• Reason (pdf)
• Learning Redrum
• Filters (pdf)
5. History
6. Sound Editing, Transformation & Analysis
• Audacity (pdf)
7. Special Topics
   • Ableton Live – Fluid music making software
   • Csound – A sound and music computing system
   • IRCAM Forum – An international community of musical and artistic research
   • PureData (Pd) – An open source visual programming language for multimedia that is very similar to Max
   • Sonic Visualizer – Visualization, analysis, and annotation of music audio recordings
   • SuperCollider 3 – An open source programming language for real-time sound synthesis and algorithmic composition
   • SPEAR –  Sinusoidal partial editing analysis and resynthesis
     

Learning

1. Max
   
2. MSP
3. Notation
4. Reason
5. History
6. Audacity

Magazines, Ezines & Journals

1. Computer Music Journal
2. Computer Music Magazine
3. Create Digital Music (CDM)
4. Electronic Musician
5. Keyboard Magazine
6. Leonardo Music Journal
7. MusicRadar
8. MusicTech
9. Sound on Sound
10. Synthtopia

Cloud Storage & Data Compression

1. Dropbox
2. Zip file (format)

Online Music Distribution

1. Bandcamp
2. SoundCloud

What's Next?

1. MUSC 540 Projects in Computer Music
2. Computer Music Creative Activity & Research

References

Burk, Phil, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts and Dan Rockmore. 2011. Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach, Archival Version. Hannover, NH. {E-book}

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