All Tuesday meetings will be online at the Zoom session address shared with you to your calendar.
PART I: Digital Audio
Week 0 — September 3rd
— Course Introduction
——> Assignment #0: Website introduction
Week 1 — September 8th and 10th
— Digital Audio Fundamentals; Audio Recording Techniques (lab)
——> Assignment #1: Recording the human voice
Week 2 — September 15th and 17th
— Audio Editing, Sample Preparation, Sound file Libraries and Mixing Basics (lab)
——> Assignment #2a: Sample libraries
Week 3 — September 22nd and 24th
— Principles of Multi-track Mixing and mastering (lab)
——> Assignment #2b: Musique concrète mix
Week 4 — September 29th and October 1st
— Sounds and form; Signal Routing and processing (lab)
——> Assignment #3: Listening and analysis
Week 5 — October 6th and 8th
— Advanced DAW Techniques, Formats and finalizing (lab and project meetings)
PART II: Synthesizers, Samplers, and Sequencing
Week 6 — October 13th and 15th
— Introduction to MIDI and controllers
—> Project 1 due Thursday October 15th; in-class project listening/discussion
Week 7— October 20th and 22nd
— Synthesis, Timbre, and modeling (lab)
——> Assignment #4: Synthesis and modeling
Week 8 — October 27th and 29th
— Synthesizers, Sequencing, and Sampling (lab)
——> Assignment #5: Beat slicing and beat making
Week 9 — November 3rd and 5th
— Controllers and loops (lab)
——> Assignment #6: Remix
Week 10 —November 10th and 12th
— Analog electronics and DIY / DIT, Do-it-together (lab)
PART III: Composition and Live Performance
Week 11 — November 17th and 19th
— No classes; Project discussion and planning
Week 12 — November 24th and THANKSGIVING BREAK
— Project 2 due Tuesday November 24th: project listening/discussion
Week 13 — December 1st and 3rd
— Modular Programming and Interactivity; Alternative Controllers (lab)
——> Assignment #7: PD and algorithmic music
Week 14 — December 8th and 10th
— Live streaming basics; Audio for multimedia; Audio/Video Sync (lab)
——> Assignment #8: OBS streaming basics, sources and templates
Week 15 — December 15th
— Live streaming continued, final concert preparations (no lab)
Final Concert: Sound Art Forum, December 19th or 20th