REQUIREMENTS and GRADING
There will be four composition projects during the semester and a final
project (to be presented at a final concert in Taplin Auditorium (tentatively)
on January 14). Late assignments will *not* be accepted; exceptions
will
be granted only due to extenuating circumstances, of which we must
be notified by your Dean, Advisor, or Doctor. You will be expected
to not only do your own projects but to respond to other’s projects
during class and precept; this kind of interaction is vital (all projects
will be ftp’d to our server as mp3 files, and you will be able
to download and listen to your colleague’s work before precepts).
The weighting will be as follows:
--In-semester Projects: 48%
--Class/Precept Participation: 26%
-- Final Project: 26%
SYLLABUS
The following is a rough weekly outline of topics and projects for the
semester:
--Week 1 (9.13): Introduction to the studios, protools, recording, sound-effect
libraries
--Week 2 (9.20): Working with soundfiles, introduction to MSP
--Week 3 (9.27): Sampling
--Week 4 (10.4): Sequencing/algorithms
--Week 5 (10.12): Interactive systems
--Week 6 (10.28): Newton: SC, interactive stuff
Midterm Break
--Week 7 (11.1): More interactive stuff, some DSP
--Week 8 (11.8): More DSP
--Week 9 (11.15): Frequency Domain stuff
--Week 10 (11.22): Some synthesis
--Week 11 (12.2): Reverb/Compression
--Week 12 (12.9): last session; final topics
Project Due Dates:
Projects will be due on staggered weeks, to alleviate the burden on studio
time, and also to allow more time in precepts to talk about people’s
work. What we need to do is divide each precept into two groups, say
A and B. The project deadlines will be as follows: .
Group A
--Project 1 (Mix Your Own): 9/21
--Project 2 (Roll Your Own Sampler): 10/12
--Project 3 (Working Interactively): 11/9
--Project 4 (The Kitchen Sink): 11/30
Group B
--Project 1 (Mix Your Own): 9/28
--Project 2 (Roll Your Own Sampler): 10/19
--Project 3 (Working Interactively): 11/16
--Project 4 (The Kitchen Sink): 12/7
These projects must be ftp’d, in mp3 format, to the music server.
The mp3s must arrive by midnight on the due date. Ideally, you will also
have some time to check out your colleague’s work before precept.
Final Composition officially due Dean’s Date, presented in Taplin
Auditorium on (tentatively) Friday, January 14.
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