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| | 1 | | Jan 11 | | How Computers Make Sound | | Roads, pp 20-29, 90-100, 763-768 | | P0 (Nyquist, Audacity, Hand-In) | | | | Jan 13 | | SAL Programming | | Dannenberg, Introduction and Overview chapter, SAL chapter | | P1 (Sound Sculpture) | |
| | 2 | | Jan 18 | | Unit Generators | | Roads, pp 100-113 | | P1 due | | | | Jan 20 | | Instruments and Scores | | Dannenberg, Score Manipulation in section Score Generation and Manipulation of chapter Xmusic and Algorithmic Composition | | P2 (Additive Synthesis) | |
| | 3 | | Jan 25 | | Sampling Theory | | Roads, pp 14-47 | | P2 due | | | | Jan 27 | | Frequency Domain, Amplitude Modulation | | | | P3 (Short Composition I) | |
| | 4 | | Feb 1 | | Frequency Modulation | | Dannenberg, Behavioral Abstraction chapter | | P3 due | | | | Feb 3 | | Behavioral Abstraction | | Xmusic and Algorithmic Composition chapter | | P4 (FM Synthesis) | |
| | 5 | | Feb 8 | | Score-Gen and Patterns | | Roads, pp 819-832 | | P4 due | | | | Feb 10 | | Algorithmic Composition | | Roads, pp 868-898 | | P5 (Short Composition II) | |
| | 6 | | Feb 15 | | Programming Techniques | | Roads, pp 390-397, 432-440 | | P5 due | | | | Feb 17 | | DAFx, Acoustics, Perception | | Roads, pp 1054-1069 | | P6 (Term Project Proposal) | |
| | 7 | | Feb 22 | | Sampling | | Roads, pp 117-133 | | P6 due | | | | Feb 24 | | Granular Synthesis | | Roads, pp 168-184 | | P7 (Granular Synthesis) | |
| | 8 | | Mar 1 | | Filters, Reverb, Delay | | Roads, pp 184-197, 550-555, 472-492 | | P7 due | | | | Mar 3 | | 3D Sound, Doppler Shift, Multi-speakers | | Roads, pp 451-472 | | | |
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| | 9 | | Mar 15 | | Spectral Manipulation, Cross-Synthesis | | Roads, pp 1084-1094 | | | | | | Mar 17 | | Algorithmic DSP | | | | | |
| | 10 | | Mar 22 | | Human Voice | | Roads, pp 200-210 | | | | | | Mar 24 | | | | Roads, pp 296-314 | | P8 due (Interim Term Project Report) | |
| | 11 | | Mar 29 | | Physical Modeling | | Roads, pp 279-286 | | | | | | Mar 31 | | | | | | Homework 1 due | |
| | 12 | | Apr 5 | | Spectral Interpolation Synthesis | | | | | | | | Apr 7 | | Phrase-Based Synthesis | | | | Homework 2 due | |
| | 13 | | Apr 12 | | Audio Data Compression | | | | | | | | Apr 14 | | No class - Spring Carnival | | | | | |
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| | 14 | | Apr 19 | | Music Understanding | | | | | | | | Apr 21 | | Audio Systems | | | | P9 (Term Composition) due | |
| | 15 | | Apr 26 | | NPR Technopop series | | | | | | | | Apr 28 | | -- no class -- | | | | P10 report and P11 slides due Apr 29 | |
| | | May 1 | | Concert I (4:30pm - 6:30pm) & Concert II (7:30pm - 9:30pm): | | | | | | | | | | Rashid Auditorium - GHC 4401 | | | | | |
| | | May 5 | | Exam Period (1pm - 4pm): | | | | P11 due | | | | | | Oral Project Presentations (Rashid Auditorium - GHC 4401) | | | | | |
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