Music 220a: Foundations of Computer-Generated Sound

CCRMA Knoll Building Classroom: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 - 11:50am

Textbook Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications by Perry Cook
(on order at bookstore)

Chris Chafe, Michelle Lou, Michael Berger (TA office hrs: by appointment)

Link to the WIKI page.

turning in homework online to the Homework factory (hw1 hw2 hw3 hw4 hw5)

lecture topics (list) //// Unix // ChucK // Stk // useful apps ~ listening room ~ multi-channel studios



November 2009

student music presentations

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat



3
spatial cues panning


5
hw5 assigned

reverb





10
email project idea


analysis / resynthesis

modulation


12
Grace Leslie
wavefield synthesis





17
project meetings


19
hw5 due
project meetings





27

break


29

break









October 2009

student music presentations

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat



1

time scales of musical sound





6
hw1 due
hw2 assigned

Spectra, multi-channel rooms


8
audio resolution, Chuck programs





13
hw2 due
hw3 assigned

auditory illusions

(Cook 9, 11)

15
Concert CCRMA Stage, DJ Olive
8, 10pm





20
impulse response

FIR, IIR


22

hw3 due
hw4 assigned

physical model construction





27
filters

2pm lecture
Orlary, Faust DSP

28
Concert CCRMA Stage, Partita
8pm

29
hw4 due
self-sustained physical oscillators, reverb and spatial cues









September 2009

student music presentations

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat



22
Fractal Cat (stage)

hw0: first chuck and quick Tour

(Cook 1,2)

CCRMA Orient. I 12:00pm

24
build mic and/or hydrophone
how to play Turenas in the stage

CCRMA Orientation II 12:00pm

hw1 due 6-Oct

Concert Cantor Arts Center, Chafe plays Applebaum12:00pm




29
more mic info
history of found sound

(Cook 3,4)







Sep. 22

Introduction to the course syllabus, goals of course, new user accounts. Schedule of student music presentations. ChucK language quick tour.
Lopez-Lezcano A Very Fractal Cat, T(h)rilled

Sep. 24

Sasha Leitman demonstration of microphone building. Ambisonics demo.
Chowning Turenas

Sep. 29

A word about transducers. "Found music" and the advent of recording.
(composers) Ruttman, Schaeffer, Reich, Cage, et al.

Oct. 1

How much music in 100 msec? Short music clips contain 1000 years? Full swarm testing of lab linux audio gear.
Harvey, Speakings

Oct. 6

Sight reading spectrograms. Instructions on Studios C, D, E, Listening Room for multi-channel playback.

Oct. 8

Bread and butter use of ChucK for synthesis. Periodicity, range of hearing. Audio sampling resolution; SoX audio file swiss army knife.
Dodge, in Celebration

Oct. 13

Auditory illusions. Sounds from physical models.

Oct. 15

Short history of synthesis in USA. Dave Douglas, Adam Benjamin, DJ Olive, Bill Morrison.
Risset, Little Boy

Oct. 20

Max Matthews. Outdoor impulse responses, echos in tubes, FIR vs. IIR


Oct. 22

Max Matthews. Physical model construction (transient). Dynamical systems.
Manoury, Jupiter

Oct. 27

Filters and convolution.

Oct. 29

Physical model construction (self-sustained). Reverb and panning.
Chafe, Transect

Nov. 3

Spatial cues and panning. Chuck Panning Examples

Nov. 5

Reverb. Chuck Reverb Examples NRev Lecture

Nov. 10

Tapestrea and analysis / resynthesis, FM & AM.

Nov. 12

Wavefield synthesis (Grace Leslie).