CMU 15-322/622 Intro to Computer Music, Spring 2026

Welcome to Intro to Computer Music (Spring 2026 edition) taught by Chris Donahue through CMU's Computer Science Department. This course was originally designed by Roger B. Dannenberg. Special thanks to Tom Cortina for additional help with course design and guest lectures this semester.

Info

• Class sessions: MW 11:00A-12:20P, GHC 4303
• Instructor: Chris Donahue
  • Contact: icm-csd@cmu.edu or private message on Piazza
  • Office hour: W 12:30P-1:30P, GHC 7127
• TAs:
  • David Liu: T 2:00P-4:00P, F 2:00P-3:00P, NSH 3001
  • Marco Cardenes: Th 11:00A-12:00P, F3:00P-4:00P GHC 4101 (Location on Jan 15 & 22 is NSH 3001)

All office hours subject to change. Subscribe to the Google Calendar for latest office hours information.

Links

• Syllabus
• Schedule
• ATutor to complete Nyquist exercises
• Google Calendar w/ up-to-date office hour information
• Google Drive for slides, study materials
• Piazza for questions
• Textbooks:
  • (Primary) Dannenberg Intro to Computer Music, 3rd edition
    • (Recommended) Purchase digital or physical copy from Amazon
    • Individual chapter PDFs w/ broken cross-chapter refs
  • (Secondary) McFee Digital Signals Theory, online
• Software:
  • NyquistIDE (see installation instruction)
  • Audacity
  • Nyquist language built-ins reference
    • SAL basics
    • Functions