332 Sound Recording II Advanced training, including digital systems, digital editing, and electronic sound processing. Includes practical experience in recording and editing performances. Digital Music Ensemble Provides opportunities to perform original and standard repertory compositions by composing or arranging works for MIDI instruments, including keyboard synthesizers, samplers, MIDI wind controllers, and MIDI percussion. 441 Music and Media I Incorporates many techniques from prerequisite courses to create synthesized music for video. Unlike 441, the sound score is expected to include live performance elements.
Students compose the work, follow it through production, and perform it at the end of the term.
I Concentrates on the representation and manipulation of music for computer-assisted composition. Students use computer applications they have written to create their own pieces of music. Includes study of several historic and current computer music pieces. In addition to completing the programming assignments, students will examine the techniques of other computer applications in music. Overview of traditional computer music synthesis languages, such as Csound.