Computers, Sound, and Music — Spring 2020

Weekly outline

• General
  

  General

  • Syllabus Page
  • Slack invite link URL

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  • Course Video on PSU Media Space URL
  • Course Video on YouTube URL
  • Course Github Repos URL
• Computer Audio Foundations / Practics
  This week
  

  Computer Audio Foundations / Practics

  • Audio and Digital Audio
  • Representations, Formats and Tools

  • Sound — Foundations and Practics Page
  • Hearing Practics Page
  • Analog and Digital Sound Representation Page
  • RMS Calculation File
  • Live Programming: Writing a WAV file in Rust URL
• Digital Audio Signal Processing I
  

  Digital Audio Signal Processing I

  • Audio Tools; Time and Frequency Domains
  • The Discrete Fourier Transform

  • Visual Introduction to the Fourier Transform URL
  • Digital Audio Tools and Tooling Page
  • Time, Frequency, and the DFT Page
• Digital Audio Signal Processing II
  

  Digital Audio Signal Processing II

  • Digital Filters
  • DSP Applications Guide

  • Introduction To Digital Filters With Audio Applications URL
  • Introduction To Digital Filters URL
  • FIR and IIR Digital Filter Design Guide URL
  • Digital Filters Page
  • Example of WAVE File Reading in Python 3 URL
  • Goertzel Filtering in Python Page
• Sound Manipulation
  

  Sound Manipulation

  • Volume and Equalization; Harmonic Content; MP3
  • Intro. to Digital Effects

  • Psychoacoustics and Compression Page
  • Course Project Proposal Assignment
  • Digital Effects I Page
• Music Synthesis I
  

  Music Synthesis I

  • Digital Effects II
  • Wavetables and Samplers

  • Digital Effects II Page
  • MIDI Page
  • Wavetable Synthesis Page
• Music Synthesis II
  

  Music Synthesis II

  • Additive and Subtractive Synthesis
  • Advanced Synthesis Techniques: FM, Granular, etc

  • Additive Synthesis Page
  • Advanced Techniques Page
• Music Theory I
  

  Music Theory I

  • Pitch, Scales and Key Signatures
  • Temperament and Alternate Tunings
• Music Theory II
  

  Music Theory II

  • Duration and Rhythm
  • Harmony and Chords

  • Harmony and Chords Page
• Music Analysis
  

  Music Analysis

  • Segmentation; Beat and Time Signature ID
  • Key Signature ID; Melody / Chord ID

  • Course Project Assignment
  • Music Feature Identification Page
• Music Generation
  

  Music Generation

  • Stochastic Methods
  • Markov Chain Models

  • Intro to Music and ML File