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For your first collection of aesthetic articles, read Luigi Russolo, “The Art of Noises: A Futurist Manifesto,” (Audio Culture: pp. 10 – 14), or online at  UbuWeb. John Cage, “The Future of Music: Credo,” (AC: pp. 25 – 28) Edgard Varèse, “The Liberation of Sound,” (AC: pp. 17 – 21) I have scans of the…

Create listening guides for the following pieces by Tuesday, May 28. Jonty Harrison, Klang, (via SoundCloud) Jason Bolte, Noises Everywhere, (via SoundCloud) One of the following miniatures (via iLocker) Mark Wingate, Pufferfish Elainie Lillios, Au Deuxiéme Etage Ake Parmerud, Cut 1, 2, 3 Progress Richard Karpen, Mass Justice Olsson, A Man is a Delicate Flame

Due Tuesday (note the different meeting day), 5/21, at our class meeting. Overview Compose a short work (45 – 60 seconds) utilizing musique concrète techniques. Use Audacity and its basic editing features to edit, process, and assemble your project. Audio source material can come from any prerecorded source. In general, it is helpful to have…

Early electronic music focused on musique concrète and synthesized sound. Musique concrète (concrete music) uses prerecorded sounds (often natural sounds) as the source of all of its sounds for a composition. The French were the first to develop this technique, and it draws upon their focus on color (think Debussy, Ravel, etc.), but their development…

Rather than throw a bunch of works at you in a short session for purposes of memorization, I want you to engage a few selected works in more detail. To do so, I want you to create listening guides for each assigned listening piece. The format of the guide will be as follows: composer name…

Intro to the class, in the form of links and short explanations. Some links download files; others take you to external pages; still others take you to other content on this blog. All links open in new windows/tabs. Syllabus iLocker account (readings, etc.) – login with your BSU username and password Audacity (audio editor) freesound.org…

Jeffrey Hass: Introduction to Computer Music (read Ch. 4, on Analog Synthesis). Also, read this previous post on MIDI for an overview and links to two additional online sources.

Listening List 1 is posted on Blackboard (http://my.bsu.edu). Log on to Blackboard using your BSU username and password (same as your email account). You should find a link to MusTh 625 after you login. Listening List 1 is in the Course Documents section. Click on the folder and you will find links to mp3 files…

If the Max/MSP tutorial leaves you a little lost, try this online text: Introduction to Computer Music: Volume One   by Jeff Hass at Indiana University There is still a bit more than you might need to know at this point, but you can pick and choose your way through topics to get some essential…

Please read: How Digital Audio Works, from the Max/MSP Tutorials and Topics manual. The link is just the sections of the manual that I want you to read. Max/MSP is a graphical programming environment that allows you to create your own interactive MIDI and digital audio processing routines. The program itself is too advanced for…