| Date |
Topic |
Assignments/Labs |
Readings |
| 02/09/05 |
Additive Synthesis I: Hearing |
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Howard&Angus Ch2:
Introduction to Hearing
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| 02/09/10 |
Additive Synthesis II: Sinewaves |
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Pierce Ch8:
Power and Loudness
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| 02/09/12 |
Additive Synthesis III |
|
Roads pp 134-144 |
| 02/09/17 |
Soundfiles and Digital Recording I: sampling rate,
quantization, dynamic range |
A1 due |
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| 02/09/19 |
Soundfiles and Digital Recording II: soundfile
formats and hexadecimal numbers |
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| 02/10/10 |
Wavetable Synthesis I |
A2 due |
Roads: pp 90-103 |
| 02/10/15 |
Fall Break |
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| 02/10/17 |
Wavetable Synthesis II |
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| 02/10/22 |
Granular Synthesis I |
|
Roads: pp 168-172 |
| 02/10/24 |
Granular Synthesis II |
|
Roads: pp 174-184 |
| 02/10/29 |
Subtractive Synthesis: Noise |
PL1 |
Roads: pp 184-197 |
| 02/10/31 |
Linear Filtering I: Feedforward |
PL2 /PL3
A3 due |
Smith: pp 69-135 |
| 02/11/05 |
Linear Filtering II: Feedback |
PL4 |
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| 02/11/07 |
Linear Filtering III: DC Blocking filter |
PL5 |
Steiglitz: pp 71-75 |
| 02/11/12 |
Linear Filtering IV: Resonator |
take-home midterm
PL6 |
Steiglitz: pp 86-98 |
| 02/11/14 |
Linear Filtering V: Physical Modeling |
midterm due |
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| 02/11/19 |
Frequency Analysis I: Complex sinusoids and
similarity |
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| 02/11/21 |
Frequency Analysis II: Fourier Transform |
A4 due |
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| 02/11/26 |
Frequency Analysis III: Frequency resynthesis |
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| 02/11/28 |
Thanksgiving break |
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| 02/12/03 |
Non-Linear Synthesis I: Ring modulation and
Waveshaping |
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| 02/12/05 |
Non-Linear Synthesis II: FM Synthesis |
A5 due |
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| 02/12/17 |
1:00-3:00 pm |
Final Exam! |
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