MUA 2012 –Electronic Music Composition                          FA 2003

Tuesday and Friday from 12:10 – 1:25 PM, Studio 3A/3B, Music Building

A study of Electronic Music Composition using the personal computer. Software programs studied from a practical and theoretical point of view include Csound, MAX/MSP, and ProTools. Students will integrate the studio synthesizer (Motif 8, a multi-channel sequencer, sampler, and music production station) in composition projects, and study various aspects of sound synthesis and diffusion. Significant works from the repertoire will be studied.

Textbooks: (readings to be completed by date on syllabus):  The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads “CMT”. The MIT Press (2000) ISBN: 0 – 252-18158-4

Course Requirements: (1) Quiz; (2) Midterm; (3) Final Exam (4, 5, 6) Three projects. The final project includes a written description (1-2 pages).

Manhattanville College/ Department of Music/Fall 2003

Dr. Geoff Kidde    Email: kiddeg@mville.edu    Telephone: (914) 798-2708

Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00 AM – Noon

Thursday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Friday 11:00 AM to Noon and 2:00 to 3:00 PM

1

Tuesday,September 2

 Introduction to Studio

Friday, September 5

 ProTools and Studio

2

Tuesday, September 9

 CMT Chapter 1, Digital Audio Concepts

Friday, September 12

 Recordings for first Assignment

3

Tuesday, September 16

 CMT Chapter 9, Sound Mixing

Friday, September 19

 Mixers, and Connections

4

Tuesday, September 23

 CMT Chapter 14, Input Devices

Friday, September 26

 Sound Editing, Quiz on 1, 9, 14

5

Tuesday, September 30

 CMT Chapter 15, Performance Software

Friday, October 3

 BIAB, iTunes, Quicktime

6

Tuesday, October 7

 First Assignment Due, Listen in Class

Friday, October 10

Motif 8, and EMU

7

Tuesday, October 14

CMT Chapter 16, Music Editors

Friday, October 17

MIDTERM (Chapters 1, 9, 14, 15, & 16)

8

Tuesday, October 21

CMT Chapter 21, MIDI

Friday, October 24

Introduction to Max/MSP

9

Tuesday, October 28

MIDI programming with MAX

Friday, October 31

Sampling and Additive Synthesis with MSP

10

Tuesday, November 4

CMT Chapter 22, System Interconnections

Friday, November 7

Introduction to CSound

11

Tuesday, November 11

CMT Chapter 17, Music Languages

Friday, November 14

Creating sounds with CSound

12

Tuesday, November 18

CMT Chapter 18, Algorithmic Composition

Friday, November 21

 Second Assignment Due/ Listen in Class

13

Tuesday, November 25

Creating Algorithms in Max/MSP

14

Tuesday, December 2

Filters in MSP and CSound

Friday, December 5

Sampling in MSP and CSound

15

Tuesday, December 9

Third Assignment Due/ Listen in Class

Friday, December 12

Review for Final