Schedule
Abbreviation for books:
- Roads = Curtis Roads, The Computer Music Tutorial
- AlgoComp = Simoni and Dannenberg, Algorithmic Composition
- Nyquist = Dannenberg, The Nyquist Reference Manual
Projects and Atutor units are due by midnight, the night before the indicated due Date.
| Date | Topics | Reading | Online | Projects Out | Projects Due |
| Aug 30 | Digital Audio, SAL language | Roads 20-29, 763-768., Nyquist: Intro and Overveiew Chapter, SAL Chapter | Unit 1 | Project 0 & 1 | |
| Sep 6 | Unit Generators; Instruments and Scores | AlgoComp: Chap 1 & 3, Roads: 90-113; AlgoComp: Chap 4&5. | Unit 2 | Project 0 | |
| Sep 13 | Sampling Theory; Frequency Domain / AM | Roads 14-47, AlgoComp: Chap 6&7; Roads 1084-1094 and 216-224; AlgoComp: Chap 8 | Unit 3 | Project 2 | Project 1 |
| Sep 20 | FM & Behavioral Abstraction | AlgoComp Chap 9; Roads 224-236; AlgoComp Chap 10; Nyquist: Behavioral Abstraction Chapter, AlgoComp Chap 11. "FM Synthesis" by Anders Øland & Roger B. Dannenberg (pdf version here) | Unit 4 | ||
| Sep 27 | Scoregen Macro and Patterns in SAL; Algorithmic Composition Part 1 | Roads 819-832, AlgoComp Ch 12; Roads 868-898, Nyquist: XMusic and Algorithmic Composition Chapter | Unit 5 | Project 3 | Project 2 |
| Oct 4 | Algorithmic Composition Part 2; Programming techniques in Nyquist | Roads 390-397, 432-440; Nyquist Chap 13 | Unit 6 | ||
| Oct 11 | Granular Synthesis; Sampling Synthesis; Filters | Roads 168-184; Roads 117-133 | Unit 7 | Project 4 | Project 3 |
| Oct 13 | Midterm Review | Midterm Study Guide | 15-622 Term Project Propals are due. | ||
| Oct 18 | MIDTERM | Unit 8 | |||
| Oct 25 | Spectral Processing; Voice Synthesis 1, Cross-Synthesis | Roads 200-210, Roads 1094-1106 | Unit 9 | Project 5 | Project 4 |
| Nov 1 | Voice Synthesis 2; Acoustics, Perception | Roads 296-314, Roads 1054-1069, "Loudness Concepts & Panning Laws" by Anders Øland & Roger B. Dannenberg (pdf version here) | Unit 10 | ||
| Nov 8 | Filters/Reverb/Delay; Physical Models 1 | Roads 184-197, 550-555, 472-492 | Unit 11 | Project 6 | Project 5 |
| Nov 15 | Physical Models 2; Spectral Interpolation Synthesis, Algorithmic DSP | Roads 279-286; AlgoComp: Chap 15 | Unit 12 | Final Project | |
| Nov 22 | 3D Sound, Doppler Shift, Multi-Speakers; Audio Compression | Roads 451-472 | Unit 13 | Project 6 | |
| Nov 29 | Max/MSP; Music Understanding | Unit 14 | |||
| Sunday, Dec 4 | Final Project Due | Final Project | |||
| Dec 6 | Semester Review | Unit 15 | |||
| Dec 8 | TA Semester Review | ||||
| Friday, Dec 9 | Final Concert(s) | 6PM, Hunt Library Media Lab [HLA10A] | |||
| Tues, Dec 13 | Final Exam | 1PM - 4PM, MM A14 [Study Guide] |