Fall 2019

MUSC 336 | E-book | Biblio | Sweetwater Glossary

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

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

News

Welcome to the MUSC 336 website!

BAIN MUSC 336 will be offered: Fall 2019, MWF 12, R006; Lab: R011

Composition and theory majors, please e-mail me to obtain the required permission to register for the course.

Quotable

	English words like 'technology' stem from a Greek root beginning with the letters τεχ; and this same Greek word means art as well as technology.
	— Donald E. Knuth

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}

Download: JSyn

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

Course Documents

1. Fall 2017 Syllabus (pdf)
   • Course Overview
   • Daily Schedule
2. Links for Students
3. Computer Music Studio B
   • Policies (pdf)
   • Log Sheet (pdf)
   • iCal Schedule (iCal)
   • Music Library: Hours of Operation

Projects

1. Max: Max Programming & MIDI – Due Oct. 6 (pdf)
2. MSP: DSP & Synthesis – Due Mon., Oct. 30
   
   • Part A: DSP w/ MSP (pdf)
   • Part B: Synthesis with MSP (pdf)
3. Reason 1: Redrum (pdf) – Due Fri., Nov. 17
4. Reason 2: Sequencing – Wed., Dec. 6 & Fri., Dec. 8 (pdf)
5. Audacity: Sound Editing & Transformation – Due Fri., Dec. 15 (pdf)
   
   Get sounds at: FreeSFX, Freesound, Archive.org, etc.

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)
5. The History of Electronic Music
6. Sound Editing & Transformation
• Audacity (pdf)
7. Special Topics
   • Ableton Live and Logic Pro
   • Csound
   • MediaCollege.com, Audio Tutorials
   • SuperCollider 3
   • Granular Synthesis w/ MacPOD/WinPOD
     

Learning

1. Max
   
2. MSP
3. Notation
4. Reason
5. The History of Electronic Music
6. Audacity

Magazines & Journals

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

Cloud Storage & Data Compression

1. Dropbox
2. Zip file (format)

Online Distribution

1. Bandcamp
2. Blend
3. 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}

Roads, Curtis. 2015. Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic. New York: Oxford. {GB; Companion Website}

See also, MUSC 336 Bibliography

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