Office Hours: by appointment only
Link to Sound Primer PDF
Schedule
Week 1 (Jan 14) - Intro + Listening
Elaine Lillios Sleep's Undulating Tide
Ni Zheng Chimeric Chamber;
Matalon, Trace 1
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Week 2 (Jan 21) - Microphones and Recording with Logic
Steps to recording into Logic
Week 3 (Jan 28) - (cables) Compression, Gates, Limiters
Week 4 (Feb 4) - Review of assignments + Mixing intro
***Assignment 1 Due - Recording and Compression
Week 5 (Feb 11) - Mixing
Resources to practice mixing:
Mixing Secrets Download Library
Telefunken Multitracks
Billie Eillish, Ocean Eyes
Week 6 (Feb 18) - Review of assignments
***Assignment 2 Due - Mix
Week 7 (Feb 25) - Spectral Techniques - Download link for Spear
Off Week (March 4) - NO CLASS (AUDITION WEEK)
Off Week (March 11) - NO CLASS (SPRING BREAK)
Week 8 (March 18) - Review of assignments + Listening (Matalon, Trace IV; Saariaho, Petals)
***Assignment 3 Due - Spectral Techniques
Week 9 (March 25) - Live processing, part 1
Week 10 (April 1) - Live processing, part 2
***Assignment 4 Due - Live processing
Week 11 (April 8) - Synchronization + Making click tracks
Making Click Tracks How-To
Works heard in class: Mary Kouyoumdjian - Dandelion; Nathalie Joachim - Wander; Unsuk Chin - Allegro Ma Non Troppo (start video at 14:40); Reich, Different Trains;
Week 12 (April 15) - Advanced processing and editing: flex FX, Audio chops, MIDI transform
Week 13 (April 22) - Mixing the Concert Recording and Notation of Electronics
Works heard in class:
Stockhausen, Kontakte;
Week 14 (April 29) - Individual Meetings - review of all assignments
Exam Week (May 6) - Works in progress presentations
Final Class Concert, Sunday, May 10, Miller Hall, 7:30 -
NO FINAL MIX REQUIRED AFTER THE CONCERT
10:00 setup (only David and Advanced Electronic Music students)