Category: lectureNotes_cm2

Google Earth is now available in the lab, so it’s time to start tagging samples with longitude/latitude information.

I’ve uploaded a version of Cecilia for the Mac that should be easy to install. It’s in the 241 folder of my BSU_SHARED space on ilocker.  Look for the cecilia2-5.tar file and download it. Unstuff it if needed. Inside the folder that results, look for an instruction rtf file with my name on it. Basically,…

Kontakt is, ahem, let’s say a bit backwards from most of the software you use. How so? If you quit Kontakt without saving your instruments or multi-instrument, the program asks you: Do you really want to quit? (All changes will be lost.)  <<Yes No>> Most other programs ask you: Do you want to save your…

Understanding Kontakt requires an understanding of how instruments are constructed, which includes an understanding of instrument hierarchy, effects routing, and modulation controls.  Interface Kontakt uses the metaphor of hardware samplers in a rack. As part of this rack, Kontakt includes a multi-purpose browser (files, modules, zones, etc.), an output mixer, and an onscreen keyboard that…

Remember, Friday classes (both sections) on 10/09/08 will not meet. Instead, go to the concert in Sursa that starts at 10 am.  The entire concert will involve pieces with technology. Come at 10, or whenever you can. If you need to leave for an 11 am class, that’s fine.

(this came to your bsu email as well) I told everyone in the handout to use the group blog to discuss your projects amongst yourselves. It turns out that groups don’t have blogs. (don’t know why I thought that they did) Groups do have threaded Discussion Forums, though, and I think that these forums should…

Overview Any sound can be thought of as containing discrete particles, or segments of sound. To make a comparison, granular synthesis is similar to pointallism in visual art. In sound synthesis, grains typically last from 1 ms to 100 ms, although longer grains are possible with some software. Each grain is shaped by an amplitude…

For the short quiz on digital oscillators and modulation synthesis, you should know the following: Digital Oscillators table lookup synthesis advantages/disadvantages of both table lookup and generate on demand waveform synthesis how you change frequency in table lookup synthesis General Modulation Synthesis Parameters audio rate modulation sidebands negative frequencies Ring Modulation What parameter is being…

Additional Tassman instruments and sub-patches are in my iLocker.