32-2920 Introduction to Computer Music Techniques

This course is about the understanding and creative use of technology in making music. The course will introduce composition students to the basics of electroacoustic music, object-oriented computer programming, psychoacoustics and live and automated manipulation of digital audio as they relate to sound production and music composition. This will require excursions into the disciplines of biology, physics, psychology, and acoustics. Through reading, listening, lectures, demonstrations and projects, composition students will gain computer experience essential to today’s composer. A final project will combine sound design, computer programming, digital signal processing and music composition.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 32-2911 Introduction to MIDI/Pro Tools and 32-3211 Composition III