MUSIC 4420 - Electroacoustic Technique

Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Co-meets with MUSIC 6420.

Fall, C. Stark; spring, K. Ernste.

Intended principally for doctoral students in music composition but open to others by permission. The course presents a practical overview of both classical and state-of-the-art techniques for computer music including digital synthesis, signal processing and sound manipulation, analysis and resynthesis, spatialization, and real-time and/or interactive applications. Students will produce several short studio projects as well as one larger piece to be presented in a final concert.