mus172 – assignment 3

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Tom Erbe

make a piece using your instrument from assignment 2
add a sampled instrument: sampler, looper or drum machine
record your own sounds for the sampled instrument
make a piece using only the above under 3 minutes
present in class during week 6
extra credit (5 points), present on tuesday (email gabriel or stella to reserve your spot)

mus172 – sampling examples (w5 tue)

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Tom Erbe

a basic keyboard sampler
a basic drum machine

mus172 – assignment II

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Tom Erbe

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 – amplitude ii (wk3 thurs)

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Tom Erbe

here are a few patches presented in class, but not in tuesday’s class notes.

tremolo using a single variable filter
tremolo using crossfading of multiple fixed filters
crossfading between 12 different harmonics. using clip and abs for a complex crossfade

mus172 – sampling (wk4 tues)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Tom Erbe

basic sampling techniques
simple playback
loading soundfiles
pitch change
looping
layering
freezing sound

subpatch used in patch above [pd sp]

mus 172 – amplitude (wk3 tue)

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Tom Erbe

amplitude ideas

volume control
volume measurement
mixing
crossfading
note envelopes (AR, ASR, ADSR, DADSR)
compression
multiple element crossfades

mus172 – more modulation

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Tom Erbe

amplitude (ring) modulation
SSB ring modulation
frequency modulation
phase distortion
wave shaping/amplitude distortion

mus172 – oscillators II (wk2 tues)

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Tom Erbe

examples of things to do with multiple oscillators

detuned oscillators
supersaw
pulse width modulation
hard sync

mus172 – assignment 1

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Tom Erbe

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.