C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Course and Studio Introduction
2.	Max & MIDI
3.	DSP w/ MSP
4.	Sequencing & Sampling w/ Reason
5.	Synthesis w/ SuperCollider
	Audio Analysis & Transformation

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
2. Studio B
   • iCal Schedule
   • Policies (pdf)
   • Log Sheet (pdf)
3. Program of Study
4. History of Electronic and Computer Music

Textbook

Burk, Polansky, Repetto, Roberts and Rockmore. Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach.

Projects

1. Max/MIDI Basics (pdf) - Due Wed., Sept. 14
2. DSP with MSP - Due Mon., Oct. 10
   • Part A (pdf)
   • Part B (pdf)
3. Redrum (pdf) - Due Wed., Nov. 2
4. Sequencing (pdf) - Due Fri., Nov. 11
5. Synthesis with SC (pdf) - Due Fri., Dec. 2
6. Final Project (pdf) - Due Fri., Dec. 9, 4 pm

Overviews

1. Max/MIDI
   • Max Programming Basics (pdf)
   • MIDI (pdf)
2. DSP w/ MSP
   • How Digital Audio Works (pdf)
   • MSP Basics (pdf)
   • MSP Tutorials 1-11
   • Music and Computers Ch. 1 (pdf)
   • Music and Computers Ch. 2 (pdf)
3. Sequencing & Sampling w/ Reason
   • Reason (pdf)
   • Connecting Max/MSP & Reason (pdf)
4. Synthesis w/ SuperCollider
   • Music and Computers Ch. 4 (pdf)
   • Introduction to SC3 (pdf)
     • Programming terms and concepts
     • Ugen Cheat Sheet (pdf)
   • Advanced SC3 (pdf)
     • Filter Types (pdf)
     • Amplitude Envelopes (pdf)
5. Audio Analysis and Transformation
   • Music and Computers Ch. 3 (pdf)
   • Music and Computers Ch. 5 (pdf)

Getting Started: Tutorials and Documentation

1. Max/MSP
   • What is Max/MSP?
   • Max/MSP/Jitter Tutorials and Documenation
     • Tutorial Zero Video Introduction
2. Reason
   • What is Reason?
   • MUSC 336 Guide to Reason Tutorials
   • Download Reason Documentation
     • Getting Started | Operation Manual | Key Commands | MIDI Implementation Chart
3. SuperCollider
   • What is SuperCollider?
   • MUSC 336 Guide to SC3 Tutorials
   • SuperCollider Help (Documentaiton)
     • Randomness | Tour of Ugens
4. Audacity
   • What is Audacity?
   • Audacity Documentation
   • Audacity Tutorials
     
5. Soundhack
   • Tom Erbe's SoundHack
   • Documentation

What's Next

1. MIT OpenCourseWare
   • Christopher Ariza, "Music and Technology: Algorithmic and Generative Music"
   • Christopher Ariza, "Music and Technology: Contemporary History and Aesthetics"
2. Courses at:
   • Stanford's CCRMA
   • U.C. Berkeley's CNMAT
3. Research at: UCSD's CRCA

Bibliography

The Computer Music Journal's Computer Music Bibliography and Links

Boulanger, Richard. 2000. The Csound Book. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Burk, Phil, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts and Dan Rockmore. 2005. Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach. Hannover, NH.
Cipriani, Alessandro and Maurizio Giri. 2010. Electronic Music and Sound Design Theory and Practice with Max/MSP,
     Volume 1. Contemponet (Website | Book Demo).
Collins, Nick. 2010. Introduction to Computer Music. New York: Wiley.
Collins, Nick and Julio d'Escriván, ed. 2007. The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music.
     New York: Cambridge University Press.
Cottle, David Michael. 2009. Computer Music with Examples in SuperCollider 3. Salt Lake City, UT.
Dean, Roger, ed. 2009. The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music. New York: Oxford University Press.
Dodge, Charles and Thomas A. Jerse. 1997. Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition and Performance. New York: Schirmer.
Farnell, Andy. Designing Sound. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010.
Hosken, Dan. 2011. An Introduction to Music Technology. New York: Routledge. (Website)
_______________. Music Technology and the Project Studio: Synthesis and Sampling. New York: Routledge.
Kirn, Peter. 2005. Real World Digital Audio. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
Lyford, Joe. 2005. Reason 3 for Windows and Macintosh. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
Manzo, V.J. 2011. Max/MSP/Jitter for Music: A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems
     for Education and More. New York, Oxford.
Moore, F. Richard. 1990. Elements of Computer Music. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Puckette, Miller. The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music.
      Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing, 2007. {html, pdf}
Roads, Curtis. 1996. The Computer Music Tutorial. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Russ, Martin. 2009. Sound Synthesis and Sampling, 3rd ed. New York: Focal Press, 2009.
Smith, Julius O. 2009. Physical Audio Signal Processing: For Virtual Musical Instruments and Audio Effects.
Wilson, Scott, David Cottle, and Nick Collins, ed. 2011. The SuperCollider Book. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (Website)
Winkler, Todd. 2001. Composing Interactive Music: Techniques and Ideas Using Max. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

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