| ACAT8007
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Digital Audio Synthesis |
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A one-hour lecture
and a one-hour tutorial each week in Semester 2. |
| Prerequsite |
Fundamentals of
Computer Music (ACAT 1011). |
| Aim |
To gain a
theoretical and practical understanding of the techniques of sound
synthesis. |
| Content |
Theories of the
timbre synthesis techniques:
–additive
–frequency modulation
–waveshaping
–granular stochastic
–Karplus Strong algorithm.
Advanced studio techniques including:
–mixing and mixing consoles
–microphone techniques
–spatial manipulation
–reverberation and echo
–analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion
–editing digitised waveforms
Active participation in preparing and presenting a concert of
electroacoustic music, including program notes. |
| Assessment |
Assignments-100%. |
| Texts |
Strange, A., Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques and
Controls. Brown, 1972.
Chamberlin, H., Musical Applications
of Microprocessors, 2nd edn, Hayden Books, 1985. |
| References |
Appleton, J., and
Perera, P, (eds), The Development
and Practice of Electronic Music, Prentice-Hall 1975.
Bateman, W., Introduction to
Computer Music, Wiley, 1980.
Computer Music Journal
Eargle, J., Sound Recording,
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980.
Strawn, J. (ed.), Digital Audio
Signal Processing: An Anthology, William Kaufmann, 1985.
Xenakis, I., Formalised Music,
University of Indiana Press, 1971.
Software and hardware manuals as appropriate.
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