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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 21M.361 (Spring 2008) 
  • Course Title:
  • Composing with Computers I (Electronic Music Composition) 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Music and Theater Arts 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Peter Whincop 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 21M.361 Composing with Computers I (Electronic Music Composition)



    Spring 2008




    Course Highlights


    Two sections feature extensive notes. The labs section covers techniques of electronic music production, and the listening section supplies background and perspectives on the required listening assignments.


    Course Description


    This class explores sound and what can be done with it. Sources are recorded from students' surroundings - sampled and electronically generated (both analog and digital). Assignments include composing with the sampled sounds, feedback, and noise, using digital signal processing (DSP), convolution, algorithms, and simple mixing. The class focuses on sonic and compositional aspects rather than technology, math, or acoustics, though these are examined in varying detail. Students complete weekly composition and listening assignments; material for the latter is drawn from sound art, experimental electronica, conventional and non-conventional classical electronic works, popular music, and previous students' compositions.
     

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