Year: 2008
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(compMus2) Creative Project 1 — UPDATED
NOTE UPDATE ON DURATION REQUIREMENT. I realized that I hadn’t posted this – this is the same as the handout, except for the extended deadline. -K MUMET 241: First Creative Project (Due 9/24, by the beginning of class), Modulation Synthesis Compose a 2-minute excerpt of computer music using analog synthesis techniques available in Tassman, focusing…
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(compMus2) Project 1 Deadline Extended
I’m pushing the deadline back for the first creative project to SEPTEMBER 24th, a one week extension. Friday I’m going to talk about some creative ways to use pitch envelopes, lfo’s for amplitude tremelo, and creative ways you can use MIDI continuous control (MIDI Links in Tassman). Don’t put off working with Tassman. It takes…
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(compMus2) FM Synth Tips 2
Composing, Creativity, and Instrument Programming One of the things that gets overlooked in talking about synthesis programming is the relationship between programming/creating synth patches and composition. When we write music for acoustic instruments we don’t have to worry about designing the instrument that will play our music. It’s properties are well-known, and we choose to…
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(compMus2) FM synth tips 1
In FM synthesis, the ratio of the modulator to the carrier determines your spectrum by setting the relationship between partials. In general, integer ratios produce harmonic sounds, where pitch is perceivable due to the partials being in an integer relationship to the fundamental. Non-integer relationships produce inharmonic sounds, with partials not having an integer relationship…
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(musTh1) Mixed Intervals 1
I’ve placed a pdf of the answers to the interval worksheet I handed out in class on Friday in my iLocker account. iLocker: ilocker.bsu.edu/users/kkothman/BSU_SHARED Navigate to the 111 folder, and the file is IntervalWS-1.pdf.
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(compMus2) Tassman Samples in iLocker
I’ve posted a few sample instruments from class in my iLocker account, BSU_SHARED/241 folder. After you click on the link, log in with your bsu username and password for access. I’ve only directly exported the instruments, but the sub-patches are there as well. When you import them, the sub-patches get automatically imported. Feel free to…
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(musTh1) Homework: Rhythm and Meter
Due Monday, Sept. 8: Workbook, pp. 12 – 14, numbers 3, 4A, 5, and 6B and C. I’ll answer questions about this on Friday, so start at least some of it early.
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(compMus2) Reading Assignment – Modulation Synthesis
In the Roads, read pp. 215 – 231, (stopping at “The FM Formula”)
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(compMus2) Some Tassman how-to's
Here, in no particular order, are some basic programming tips in Tassman to do some basic synth functions. Remember that modulation input settings, gain knobs, volume sliders, frequency settings on oscillators, and the like, are all initially set to zero values. After you hook up modules in Builder view you will need to adjust settings…
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(compMus2) Reading Assignment: Attali
Due Wed., 9/3/2008 Read pp. 3 – 9 in Audio Culture, which inludes an introduction to section 1, some quotes, and a very brief article by Jacques Attali. (and answer questions below) Also available at Google Books online. This article is taken from Noise: The Political Economy of Music. Attali’s basic definition of noise is…