Week 1

Home Up Code 1

Slides    code_1.lsp

Jan 16
Course Description (30 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 assignments
Lectures
Homework:
Programming exercises
Compositions
Projects
Grading
Attendance is required
Homework (60%)
Project (40%)
How Computers Make Sound (20 minutes)
digital audio representation
Analog-to-digital conversion
Digital-to-Analog conversion
Synthesis example
Listening (20 minutes)
Gerrymander, by Russell Pinkston

Jan 18
Lisp Expressions (20 minutes)
Audio Editors and Audio Processing Introduction (20 minutes)
Listening (10 minutes)
Scritto, by David Evan Jones
Discuss homework assignment (10 minutes)

Homework 1 due Jan 17

See Syllabus and the homework submission instructions.

Homework 2 due Jan 24

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