| day |
workshop topic |
assignments/reading |
| week 1 |
Monday
1/9 |
Com 343
- Intro to Sampling
- Sampling with the ASR-10
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Wednesday
1/11 |
Com 343
- Sampling with Kontakt
- DP - Virtual Instruments
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- Lab proficiencies & late Night Access forms for new students
- Reading
Pellman - Chpt 9 pgs 267 - 287
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| week 2 |
Monday
1/16 |
- no class - Campus Holiday
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Wednesday
1/18 |
Com 343
- Sampling techniques: filters & effects
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- ASR-10 Sampling Exercise
- Kontakt Sampling Exercise
- DP student presentation proposals:
pick a technique in DP that you're interested in learning more about and would like to present to the class (10 - 15 minute presentations)
- Reading
Audio Culture: Music in the Age of Electronic (Re)production- pgs 113 - 159
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| week 3 |
Monday
1/23 |
Com343
- Audio Culture - chapter synpopsis and discussion
- Analog Synthesis: Easel
- basic sound creation
- using the step sequencer
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Wednesday
1/25 |
Com 343
- What else can you do with an analog synth?
- ring modulation
- gates and triggers
- using audio signals as control voltages
- using the Arp to process audio signals
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- Kontakt Sampling Exercise 2:
Create at least 2 Kontakt instruments. Experiment with envelopes, filters, etc. (see class handout). Write a 1 min section of music using these instruments in DP. Output as stereo .aiff file and put in class assignments folder on Calawah.
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| week 4 |
Monday
1/30 |
Com343
- Sampling/Synthesis Review
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- Reading
Pellman - pgs. 287 - 313
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Wednesday
2/1 |
Com343
- DP/Peak review and DP presentations
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- Analog Synth sampling exercise:
Create at least 2 Kontakt instruments using either the Arp2600 or the Buchla Music Easel. Record a 1 min section of music using MIDI and these instruments. A 3rd non-analog synth instrument may also be used. Keep project in DP and be prepared to present to the class.
- Reading
Audio Culture: The Open Work- pgs 165 - 204
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| week 5 |
Monday
2/6 |
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Wednesday
2/8 |
Com343
- Mid-quarter student works (5pm - 8pm)
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| week 6 |
Monday
2/13 |
Com343
- Digital Synthesis: theory & techniques
(
FM Synthesis: TX7)
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Wednesday
2/15 |
Com 343
- Digital Synthesis: theory & techniques
(
FM Synthesis II: FM7)
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- Reading
Audio Culture: Experimental Musics- pgs 207 - 247
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| week 7 |
Monday
2/20 |
- no class - Campus Holiday
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Wednesday
2/22 |
Com 343
- Digital Synthesis: theory & techniques
(Nord)
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| week 8 |
Monday
2/27 |
Com343
- Digital Synthesis: theory & techniques
(granular synthesis)
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Wednesday
3/1 |
Com343
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- Nord Modular exercise - read pages 1-18 of the Nord manual and create a custom Nord patch
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| week 9 |
Monday
3/6 |
Com343
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Wednesday
3/8 |
Com343
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| week 10 |
Monday
3/13 |
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Wednesday
3/15 |
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