15-322 Introduction to Computer Music: Week 1





Schedule with Reading Assignments    Projects and Due Dates
Slides (PDF)    Code 1    Fwd to Week 2

Tuesday

  • Course Description (20 min)
    • The subject
      • Computer Music Technology
        • Theory: digital audio, DSP, software design, languages, data structures
        • Practice: Using Nyquist and Audacity, project
      • Making music with computers
        • Theory: listening and discussion
        • Practice: composition projects
    • Lectures
    • Projects
      • Programming Exercises
      • Compositions
    • Grading
      • Attendance is required
      • Homework (10%)
      • Projects P0-P5, P7 (50%)
      • Term Project and Term Composition (P6, P8-P11) (40%)
  • How Computers Make Sound (20 min)
    • Digital audio representation
    • Analog-to-digital conversion
    • Digital-to-analog conversion
    • Synthesis example
  • Audio Editors and Processing Intro (10 min)
  • Listening (20 min)
    • Gerrymander, by Russel Pinkston

Thursday

  • The SAL Programming Language

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