PART I: Digital Audio
Week 0 — August 26th
— Course Introduction
——> Assignment #0: Website introduction
Week 1 — August 31st September 2nd
— Digital Audio Fundamentals; Audio Recording Techniques (lab)
——> Assignment #1: Recording the human voice
Week 2 — September 7th and 9th
— Audio Editing, Sample Preparation, Sound file Libraries and Mixing Basics (lab)
——> Assignment #2a: Sample libraries
Week 3 — September 14th and 16th
— Principles of Multi-track Mixing and mastering (lab)
——> Assignment #2b: Musique concrète mix
Week 4 — September 21st and 23rd
— Sounds and form; Signal Routing and processing (lab)
——> Assignment #3: Listening and analysis
Week 5 — September 28th and 30th
— Advanced DAW Techniques, Formats and finalizing (lab and project meetings)
PART II: Synthesizers, Samplers, and Sequencing
Week 6 — October 5th and 7th
— Introduction to MIDI and controllers
Week 7— October 12th and 14th
— Synthesis, Timbre, and modeling (lab)
——> Project One due Thursday October 15th; in-class project listening/discussion
Week 8 — October 19th and 21st
— Synthesizers, Sequencing, and Sampling (lab)
——> Assignment #4: Synthesis and sound imitation
Week 9 — October 26th and 28th
— Controllers and loops, sampling (lab)
Week 10 —November 2nd and 4th
——> Assignment #5: Samplers and beat slicing
PART III: Composition and Live Performance
Week 11 — November 9th and 11th
— Analog DIY/DIT, open hardware
Week 12 — November 16th and 18th
— Project 2 due Thursday November 18th
Week 13 — November 23rd and THANKSGIVING BREAK
— Modular Programming and Interactivity; Alternative Controllers (lab)
——> Assignment #6: PD and algorithmic music
Week 14 — November 30th and December 2nd
— Live streaming basics; Audio for multimedia; Audio/Video Sync (lab)
——> Assignment #7: OBS streaming basics, sources and templates
Week 15 — December 7th
— Final concert preparations and equipment hands-on (no lab)
Final Concert: Sound Art Forum, December 9th, 3pm, Lincoln Hall B20