Author: Keith Kothman
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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…
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(musTh1) Lecture Notes on Intervals
A musical interval is described by its quantity and its quality. Quantity describes the number of diatonic steps in the interval. When combined with the interval quality, an interval of a specific number of half-steps is described. Unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves (1, 4, 5, and 8 ) qualities are: d – P – A…
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(compMus2) Roads' Computer Music Tutorial Available Online
Congrats to Butters! He found the Computer Music Tutorial online through Google Books. If you don’t have The Book, you can read it online here.
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(musTh1) Homework-Pitch
Due Friday, 8/29/08: Workbook: p. 2, ex. 1B p. 7, ex. 12 p. 9, ex. 16A p. 10, ex. 17
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(compMus2) Reading Assignment 2
Due Frida 8/29: In the Roads, read: pp. 90 – 95, “Fixed-Waveform Table-Lookup Synthesis” pp. 134 – 144, “Additive Synthesis…”
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(compMus2) Tassman Doc's
I took a quick look at the software volume on the musictechxserve, and I didn’t find the Tassman manual. Until it gets put there, you can find the manual at two places: On each computer, in /harddrive/Library/Application Support/Applied Acoustics Systems/Tassman 4/Tassman Manual.pdf In my iLocker account (http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/kkothman/BSU_SHARED/), inside the BSU_SHARED/241 folder. If you click on…
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(musTh1) Notes: Pitch
Concepts, Terms to know about Pitch: Pitch: the relative highness or lowness of sounds. Pitch Register: c4 = middle C on the keyboard. Numbers increase going up octaves. Pitch Class: any C (or other pitch), in any register. Diatonic Pitch Collection = the natural, or white-key collection of pitches. Enharmonic spellings: (we didn’t go over…