Syllabus – Arts 2020 Winter/Spring 2008

Arts 2020 – Computer Music Studio

Monday, 4:00-7:50 WH 110

Instructor: Todd Reynolds

Syllabus

Computer Music Lab WH110 Manuals and Information

Concert reports – 3 needed for the semester

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Assignments:

1/14 Introduction.

read:

Vocabulary for cross cultural musical analysis

(as a pdf)

1/21
No Class – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

read: “How Digital Audio Works” from the MAX/MSP manual – pp 8-21 [MSP2.pdf]

read: “How Microphones Work” by Peter Elsea and “getting started with mbox,” pp. 37-59

1/28 RECORDING PROJECT 1 DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS

2/4 COMPOSITION 1 DUE (ProTools Mix) :: PRESENT IN CLASS

2/11 COMPOSITION 2 SKETCH DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS

2/19 COMPOSITION 2 DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS [[note change in class DAY... tuesday, not monday of this week only]]

2/25 Ableton Live and MidTerm Review

3/3 COMPOSTION 3 DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS

MIDTERM QUIZ

review – pp 8-21 [MSP2.pdf]

review – concepts of digital audio, MIDI, and listenings

3/10 Spring Break

3/17 Advanced Ableton Live Audio, Plugs and Intro to Looping

3/24 COMPOSITION 4 DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS (Ableton Live w/ Sound Library)

3/31 COMPOSITION 5A DUE :: PRESENT IN CLASS (SYNTHESIZED SOUNDS)

4/7 COMPOSITION 5B DUE ::: PRESENT IN CLASS

4/14

4/21 FINAL PROJECT SKETCHES :: PRESENT IN CLASS

4/28 LAST CLASS ::: FINAL COMPOSITION PRESENTATIONS IN CLASS (and private meetings and individual support)

5/5 FINAL EXAM ::: CONTENT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CLASS