TeachingMusic

Author: Keith Kothman

  • (sonicArts) analog recording, digital recording, digital audio sampling theory

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    MUST 121 students need to know the following information by memory for the in-class portion of the Quiz on Tuesday, 9/24. Other information from this section of the class will be covered in the take-home portion of the quiz. Analog Recording Analog recording involves the transduction of energy from one form to another. With analog…

  • nafme presentation

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    9/17/13 presentation to the Ball State Student Chapter of NAfME, viewable as a Mindmomo map. You can navigate the map by dragging around on the screen; zoom in/out; and collapse and expand branches by clicking on the +/- buttons on outer edge of node.  

  • (sonicArts) using soundhack varispeed

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    I have nothing more to add to this previous post.

  • (sonicArts) videos: adobe audition intro and editing

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    During the 11 am section I introduced Adobe Audition and made videos from screen captures. I’ve uploaded the videos to iLocker. You can download them for playback at any time. The videos include my lecture along with the audio produced from Audition. Video 1: Intro to Audition, setting up audio hardware preferences, basic program layout…

  • (sonicArts) fall 2013 listening list 2

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    Listening List 2 (Quiz 9/24) Pierre Henry: Variations for a door and a sigh, 1963 (excerpt) Paul Lansky: idle chatter, 1985 Annea Lockwood: World Rhythms, 1975 Otto Luening: Low Speed, 1952 Tod Machover: Flora, 1989 Ake Parmerud: Repulse, 1986 Laurie Spiegel: Appalachian Grove I, 1974 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1958 – 1960) (excerpt) Edgard Varese: Poeme Electronique, 1958 Joji Yuasa, Projection Esemplastic, 1964 A zip file…

  • (sonicArts) properties of sound, text and map

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    I have two previous posts on properties of sound: http://wp.me/p1fcCf-sl http://wp.me/p1fcCf-sT And a map from today’s lecture: Properties of Sound

  • (sonicArts) what is sound? –text and map

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    I’ve posted a summary of “what is sound?” previously in the blog. You can read it here. I’m also uploading a pdf of a branch of the mindmap that Nathan and I created for class. You can down load it: WhatIsSound?.

  • (sonicArts) fall 2013 listening list 1

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    Listening List 1 Michel Chion: Requiem – Dies Irae, 1978 John Chowning: Stria (1978) Brian Eno: Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hill), 1978 – 82 Jonty Harrison: Klang (1982) Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos Plango, Vivos Vocos (1980) Paul Lansky: Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion – Her Reflection (1978 – 79) György Ligeti: Artikulation (1958) John Tenney: Collage #1 ‘Blue Suede’ (1961) A zip…

  • (sonicArts) creativity

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    Creativity We need to distinguish between creativity and composition. Creativity is best thought of as a trait and practice that applies to many domains and activities. Composition is a specific creative domain, or practice. Creativity can be learned. If one doesn’t believe that, then the teaching and studying of composition is somewhat pointless. For our purposes, then, the…

  • (musTh625) some quick absynth tips

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    Learning your way around the various windows is perhaps one of the biggest keys to success with Absynth. Starting with a new sound, here are some keys to navigating and creating your sounds. Programming sounds Start with the Patch window. Here is where you specify and connect the basic modules of your program. There are…