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ACAT2004     Electroacoustic Composition 2

A one-hour lecture and a one-hour tutorial each week in Semester 2.

Prerequisite
Satisfactory completion of Fundamentals of Computer Music.

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,
  • digital sampling from sources such as microphones and tape recorders;
  • editing digitized waveforms.

Active participation in preparing and presenting a concert of electroacoustic music, including program notes.

Assessment
Assignments-40%. Examination performance 60%.

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, R. (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.
Griffiths, R, A Guide to Electronic Music, Thames and Hudson, 1979.
Strawn, J. (ed.), Digital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology, Kaufmann, 1985.
Xenakis, I., Formalized Music, University of Indiana Press, 1971.
Software and hardware manuals as appropriate.

 

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