Category: assignments_cm2

From the Roads, Read pp. 1075 – 1078 (up to first bold sub-heading on page), and pp. 541 – 577.

Reading Assignment Due Monday, 10/31: Read pp. 397 – 419 in the Roads, and answer the questions below. 1. What is the unit impulse? 2. What is the relationship between a filter’s frequency response and its impulse response (IR)? How do they differ? 3. Give the intuitive measurement for phase response. 4. What is the basic…

Reading Assignment, due Monday, 10/27. Read pp. 185 – 197 in the Roads (yes, your favorite…) and answer the following questions. Some of this may be review, but it will certainly show up in one of our quizzes. 1. Assuming the basic, literal definition of a filter, name three things that are filters that do…

I’ve let the reading assignments fall off a bit, but we need to get back to expanding our heads. Due Wednesday, 10/22: Read “Acousmatics” by Pierre Schaeffer, in Audio Culture, pp. 76 – 81, including the introduction in the gray box on p. 76. Answer the following questions via email: Briefly discuss the relationship between…

Groups lists and group names for your soundscape creative project.  (I’ll create the group names – you need to join the right group.) email invites to join the social network have already gone out. soundscape-jmk Javier Mercedes Matt McKibble Katie Durham soundscape-kmm Kyle Affolder Matt Suever Megan McDermitt soundscape-tcb Trevor Junga Chris Leonard Brandon Buller…

Read pp. 168 – 184 in Roads. Pay particular attention to the parameters of granular synthesis, and higher level control.

Permissions have been fixed on the musictech server to allow you to leave your data files in my drop box. Procedure: Compile all the required files into one folder. Your folder should be named <lastname1> project.  Using a Mac, choose Connect to Server, from the Go menu of the Finder, or cmd-K. The server address…

One modification and one clarification to Creative Project 1: The duration requirement is being shortened to 1:15 minimum (one minute, fifteen seconds).  You may use my instruments that I’ve posted in my iLocker account, but you should make your own presets and MIDI links.   Your project should focus on creating interesting sounds through synthesis. You…

To update a previous post, read pp. 215 – 250 of the Roads, covering Modulation Synthesis.  Due Monday, 9/22, answer the following questions (via email) Compare/contrast Ring Modulation synthesis and Amplitude Modulation Synthesis (what is the same, what is different).  Note one drawback of Ring Modulation synthesis (which I went over in class). What are…