Computer Music Compositions (mp3's) from ICM students, 2011

Course Number: 15-322

Class Times: Tues/Thurs 10:30 - 11:50am

Location: Doherty Hall (DH) 1212

Instructor:
Roger B. Dannenberg
rbd at cs.cmu.edu, 268-3827, GHC 7003
Office hours: Tues/Thurs 12 (noon) - 1pm or by appointment

Teaching Assistants:
Dawen Liang
dawenl at andrew.cmu.edu
Office hours: Mon 4-5pm, Wed 3-4pm, GHC 7th floor lounge (outside 7208) or by appointment

Aroop Ganguly
aroopganguly at cmu.edu, 300 S Craig St.
Office hours: 10 - 12pm Friday, GHC 4126 or by appointment

Parul Devda
pdevda at andrew.cmu.edu, 300 S Craig St.
Office hours: 1-3pm Thursday, GHC 4126, or by appointment

Textbooks

Curtis Roads, The Computer Music Tutorial. This is a BIG book. It’s great. It covers most of what we will do in class, but it does not cover the language Nyquist or the editor Audacity, nor does it talk about composers, composition, and specific compositions that we will listen to in class. The scope of this book is much larger than the scope of the class, so there is plenty of extra material in case you want to explore areas outside the class. Also, the book is a great reference for student projects. It may seem overkill to buy such a comprehensive book that we cannot fully utilize, but the book is actually cheaper than what I consider to be good alternatives.

The Nyquist Reference Manual is a book in electronic form. You can print it (and bind it, and I’ll autograph it, but I digress ...) from a PDF file, or you can access it on the web or from your local Nyquist installation. The first half (up to the chapter "Nyquist Functions" is intended to be introductory and explanatory, so please use this to supplement the Nyquist lectures.

Grading

  • Attendance is required. You should not expect your grade to be higher than the percentage of classes you attend.
  • Projects 0-5, 7 and Homework counts 60%. Do not skip projects and homework assignments or, as simple math will tell you, your grade average will plummet.
  • The Term Project and Composition (projects 6, 8-11) count 40%

Laptops and Cell Phones

As research on learning shows, unexpected noises and movement automatically divert and capture people’s attention, which means you are affecting everyone’s learning experience if your cell phone, pager, laptop, etc. makes noise or is visually distracting during class. For this reason, I allow you to take notes on your laptop, but you must turn the sound off so that you do not disrupt other students’ learning. If you are doing anything other than taking notes on your laptop, please sit in the back row so that other students are not distracted by your screen.

Recording in Class

Classroom activities may be taped or recorded by a student for the personal, educational use of that student or for all students presently enrolled in the class only, and may not be further copied, distributed, published or otherwise used for any other purpose without the express written consent of Roger B. Dannenberg. All students are advised that classroom activities may be taped by students for this purpose.
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