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Survey of Music Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera
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We will learn about these topics in the context of digital audio workstation (DAW) software, the multi-track editing paradigm that has been dominant in music production since the 1980s. As we learn about the foundations behind such software, we will use this knowledge to more effectively create music with it, and we will also write a series of short software programs that extend the software’s ability to manipulate, transform, and analyze sound.
NOTE: The Survey of Music Technology course will close to new enrollments on September 24th, 2018.
Syllabus
The first module provides an introduction to the course and lessons in acoustics, psychoacoustics, timbre, digital representation of sound, and spectral representation of sound.
Module 2: Digital Audio Workstations
This module will look at DAW history and key features, music representation, recording and editing audio in a DAW, effects and automations, and aesthetic context.
Module 3: Working With MIDI
In this module we will take a look at MIDI specification (history, structure, limitations), real and virtual MIDI devices, and MIDI sequencing in the DAW. The module concludes with the first of two peer reviewed assignments, in which students create a multi-track DAW audio and MIDI composition.
Module 4: Algorithmic Composition Basic Techniques
In this module students will learn the basics of Python programming and the EarSketch API and the history and practice of algorithmic composition.
Module 5: Algorithmic Composition Advanced
This module looks at more advanced topics in algorithmic programming for music including stochastic composition, chance music, process music, and modeling.
Module 6: Future Directions
This module will help students by describing the core research areas in computer music and their future directions. We will explore music information retrieval, live coding, machine musicianship, new musical interfaces, mobile music, and networked music.
Taught by
Jason Freeman
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Reviews
5.0 rating, based on 4 reviews
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Anonymous completed this course.
I was amazed at how much I learned from this course. I was able to create a song by the fourth week in the course. See others' songs / projects as part of the peer reviews was as enlightening as creating my own. The 2nd project focused on python coding and was more challenging, but the examples in the videos were helpful. If you were ever curious about creating and/or mixing music on your computer, I would highly recommend this course. -
Jordi Espuny completed this course.
This is a very interesting course. You can learn a lot about sound theory, Reaper DAW and programing sound whit Python. -
Carrie Leland completed this course, spending 3 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
This course is great for beginners! It's very informative for someone wanting to learn this technology at home so you can use your DAW. -
Anne Elder completed this course.