MUA 1005 - MIDI and Audio Production - Spring 2007 -
Professor Geoffrey Kidde
We will explore the theory and practice of MIDI and digital audio. We will focus on various software programs including MOTU’s Digital Performer, Live Ableton, Max-MSP, and Band-in-a-Box. Additionally, we will look at MacCSound and Supercollider. The course includes mid-term, final and possibly quizzes; the mid-term is indicated below, and the final will be announced. Four projects which utilize the programs mentioned above are due over the course of the semester; these due dates are shown in bold below.
Text: MIDI Power, 2nd Edition by Robert Guerin. Thomson ISBN 1-59863-084-9
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Tuesday, January 16 |
Introduction |
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Friday, January 19 |
Garage Band: MIDI versus digital audio |
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Tuesday, January 23 |
MIDI Power Chapter 1 |
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Friday, January 26 |
MIDI Messages |
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Tuesday, January 30 |
MIDI Power Chapter 2 |
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Friday, February 2 |
Project One Due:
Garage Band Piece |
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Tuesday, February 6 |
MIDI Controllers |
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Friday February 9 |
Digital Performer/Live Ableton |
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Tuesday February 13 |
MIDI Power Chapter 3 |
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Friday February 16 |
General MIDI and SMF |
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Tuesday February 20 |
MIDI Power Chapter 4 |
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Friday February 23 |
Interapplication possibilities |
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Tuesday February 27 |
Review for exam |
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Friday, March 2 |
Midterm Exam |
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Tuesday, March 6 |
Hardware: MIDI instruments |
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Friday, March 9 |
Project Two Due:
Digital Performer Sequence with recording |
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Tuesday, March 20 |
Interactive programs/Max MSP |
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Friday, March 23 |
MIDI Power Chapter 5 |
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Tuesday, March 27 |
Reserve reading on Digital Audio 1 |
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Friday, March 30 |
More on Digital Audio |
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Tuesday, April 3 |
Interactive software possibilities |
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Friday, April 6 |
Project Three Due:
Max/MSP patcher |
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Tuesday, April 10 |
MIDI Power Chapter 6 |
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Friday, April 13 |
More on Live Ableton |
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Tuesday, April 17 |
MIDI Power Chapter 8 |
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Friday, April 20 |
Sequencing |
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Tuesday, April 24 |
MIDI Power Chapter 9
& 10 |
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Friday, April 27 |
Working on Projects |
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Tuesday, May 1 |
Review for Exam |
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Friday, May 4 |
Project Four
Due: Live Ableton Sequence |
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Final Exam to be announced |
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