Author: Keith Kothman
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(musTh625) recording audio from software instruments in digital performer
Output from software instruments in a DAW like Digital Performer typically is routed to the default outputs so that you can hear your software instruments when played by MIDI data. To record the audio output of a software instrument you need to route the instrument track output to a bus pair, and add a stereo…
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(musTh625) using software instruments in digital performer
Brief, outline posts for some important topics. Software instruments operate like insert effects in Digital Performer (and other DAWs). They are an effect in a special type of track, an instrument track. Instrument tracks require a MIDI track set to send information to the software synth. The basic setup: Go to the Project menu, Add Track | Add…
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(musTh625) final project
Given the unforeseen changes to our end-of-session meetings, I am proposing a short final project. Due 6/15/13, by 11:59 pm (since I don’t know if Midnight belongs to the day before or the day after). You should compress/zip your project folder, upload it to iLocker (or Dropbox, or some similar online accessible storage), and email…
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(musTh625) Synthesis
Synthesis in outline form Analog Synthesis -> Synthesis Analog synthesis originally involved synthesizers that generated and modified electrical signals that fluctuated in an analogous manner to the air pressure fluctuations that we hear as sound. Most synthesizers today use digital circuits and programs to generate and process sound, but these synthesizers are usually modeled after…
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(musTh625) some how-to posts about cecilia and soundhack
I have previous posts on how to use SoundHack and Cecilia for audio processing. I’m going to link to them rather than retype. These may not be the most complete guides, but they should help with late-night questions. Getting started with SoundHack Cecilia 4 basics Using the filter warper in Cecilia Using the granulator in…
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(musTh625) using reverb as an insert effect in digital performer
Digital Performer and other DAWs differ from stereo audio editors like Audacity, Peak, and Audition in that effects are usually applied in a non-destructive manner. Non-destructive effects processing means that the effect is computed and applied to the sound in real time during playback, but this processing does not change the contents of the audio…
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(musTh625) research paper
Research paper, due 6/12 (by midnight, via email). Choose from one of the following composer/piece combinations. John Cage, Williams Mix Mario Davidovsky, Synchronism No. 6 Jonathan Harvey, Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco Paul Lansky, Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion Steve Reich, Come Out OR Piano Phase OR Violin Phase Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kontakte OR…
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(musTh625) listening 3
For Monday, June 3, create listening guides for the following works: Michel Chion, Requiem – Dies Irae Brian Eno, Ambient Music 1/Music for Airports, 2_2 Ake Parmerud, Repulse Horacio Vaggione, 24 Variations (excerpt) Audio available on iLocker to download.
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(musTh625) aesthetic readings 2
Due Monday, June 3. Jacques Attali, “Noise and Politics” (AC pp. 7 – 9) Pierre Schaeffer, “Acousmatics” (AC pp. 76 – 81) Brian Eno, “Ambient Music” (AC pp. 94 – 97) You should also read the gray page of quotes preceding section II on pp. 63 – 64, as well as the introduction to section…
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(musTh625) the fourier transform and phase vocoding
I’ve posted previously about the Fourier Transform and Phase Vocoding. The explanations are more in-depth than what I would expect you to know, but the posts also explain some of the details and settings to help you use the process creatively.