Course Notes

Feb 17

• gestalt grouping principles in real time -- streaming examples
• timbral
• registral
• what about others?
• synthesis methods
• additive synthesis
• example from spectral modeling synthesis (SMS) under UNIX
• subtractive synthesis
• example from linear predictive coding (LPC), "Lions Are Growing"
• frequency modulation (FM)
• SY-77 synthesizer, sound card
• wavetable
• sound card
• waveguide, physical modeling
• VL-1 synthesizer, sound card
• sampling (discussed briefly last week)