music 271a – electronic music techniques – winter 2020
cpmc 365 – wednesday 2 to 5
tom erbe – cpmc 254 – office hours: tuesday 1 to 3, thursday 10 to 2.
tre@music.ucsd.edu – https://tre.ucsd.edu/
We will be talking about fundamental techniques in computer sound generation in this class. I’ll spend 1 or 2 classes on each topic and we will present works in progress every two weeks. The topics are most likely to be:
- oscillators, modulators, harmonics, sequencing, polyphony
- filters, amplifiers, distortion, waveshaping, harmonizers, MIDI
- sampling, looping, brassage, granular techniques
- delay, chorus, flange, reverb
- spectral techniques, convolution, time & pitch shifting
- spatialization, binaural filters, VBAP, ambisonics
- physical modeling, waveguides, modal synthesis
Additional topics can be added to this class. We will discuss your specific interests and needs in the first class. Throughout the class we will cover general Max/MSP programming techniques, controllers, interfaces, live instrument integration, etc.
readings (assigned each week)
weekly classnotes