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ACATHB ACAT8007

ACAT8007     Digital Audio Synthesis

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

Prerequisite
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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