OVERVIEW
This will be a hands-on composition course, focusing on the use of digital
technology to create new music. Lectures and precepts will combine technical
introductions to topics such as mixing, signal processing, algorithmic
composition, synthesis, sampling, and interface metaphors, with listening
and discussion of compositional issues. We will work with a range of
software, including ProTools, Max/MSP, Digital Performer, MachFive,
SoundHack, and
others. There will be four composition projects focusing on particular
problems during the course of the semester, and a final composition
project
which will be presented at a special Music 316 concert on January 14
(tentatively) in Taplin Auditorium.
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