Music 220, 2002

Fall --

synthesis methods 
	[physical modeling, wave samples, additive, subtractive, frequency and amplitude modulation]
analysis and sound characteristics
	[frequency domain, musical instruments]
effects
	[delay, comb, ring modulation, distortion, etc.]
filters
	[applications of FIR, IIR, convolution]
spatialization
	[localization, reverberation]
polyphony
	[musical textures, voicing]
musical grids 
	[time, pitch, timbre structures]
algorithmic performance
	[loop / list-based, chaos, cellular automata, etc.]
illusions
	[impossible sounds, revealing sounds]

Winter --

advanced spectral modeling synthesis
internet acoustics
ambisonic audio coding
multi-threaded applications, programming for multiprocessor architectures
user interface coding practices
abstraction and algorithm libraries [in lisp]
common music notation [in lisp]