mus172 – assignment II

1) create a new instrument with 8 voice polyphony, playable by MIDI
2) each voice should use a sound technique not used in assignment 1 and chosen from the following list: AM, FM, wavetable, additive, wave shaping
3) process the output with either auto-pan, tremolo, or saturation
4) add 2 timbre controls for #2, and 1 for #3.  place controls on front patch
5) play instrument with qlist, either a cover of a pop or traditional song (at least 30 seconds)
6) extra point – record song into WAVE file

first 5 items, 3 points each; item 6, 1 point

neatness, originality and good use of abstractions count…

hand in through tritoned by week 4 thursday at midnight.

mus172 – assignment 1

1) create 2 abstractions for 2 different voices using synthesis methods you learned in 171
2) both of these synthesis methods should include a continuous method for changing the timbre, each timbre control should be connected to a hslider or vslider
3) use poly to create at least 8 voice polyphony
4) have both synth methods play at the same time (layered: each note plays both synth methods)
5) create a piece that is played using qlist on the click of a button.

hand in through tritoned by week 2 thursday at midnight.

HW should be submitted by 4/11 Thursday 11:59pm at TritonEd.

mus172 – sequencers & oscillators (wk1 thurs)

here are a couple useful abstractions from tuesday’s class

minikey.pd and spectdisp.pd

and a couple new ones

playsound~.pd and recordsound~.pd

week 1) sequencing and basic oscillators

  • converting BPM to milliseconds
  • step sequencing
  • basic basic drum synthesis
  • using qlist for sequencing
  • loading qlist with an external sequence
  • making basic waveforms for analog synthesis
  • different strategies for additive synthesis

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mus172 – pd basics 1 (w1 tues)

topics for week 1, a little PD technique, a little review:

  • abstractions
  • graph on parent
  • $0
  • MIDI (read this if you dare….)
  • [notein]
  • [cltin]
  • [key]
  • [poly]
  • [clone]
  • sequencing
  • BPM calculation
  • step sequencing
  • array sequencing
  • [qlist]
  • event sequencing and capture

images of patches shown in class (caveat: patches sometimes get fixed or enhanced in class)

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