C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Course & Studio Introduction
2.	Audio Editing & Transformation
3.	Interactive Music Programming & MIDI
4.	Real-Time Digital Audio
5.	Synthesis
	Sequencing
Research
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	Technology enables us in many wonderful ways, but it will never be a substitute for a good idea. The bottom line will always lie with our ears.
	– Mark Ballora

Course Description

Techniques of computer-generated music production including aspects of MIDI, digital synthesis, and music programming

Required Textbooks (Open Access)

Burk, et al., Music and Computers {E-book} (Burk, et al. 2011)

Hass, Introduction to Computer Music {E-book} (Hass 2021)

Learning

Audacity | Max | MIDI | MSP | Digital Audio | Synthesis | Sequencing | Reason | Notation | See also: History

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
• Reading & Assessment Schedule (pdf)
• Daily Schedule (pdf)
  
• Links for Students
• Studio B
• Policies (pdf)
• Log Sheet (pdf)
2. Technology Survey (pdf)
3. Creative Projects {Overview: Google Slides}
   
• Project #1: Audio
  
• Project Guidelines (pdf)
• Project Proposal (pdf)
• Project #2: Programming
• Project Guidelines (pdf)
  
• Project Proposal (pdf)
• Project Templates
• Available at: Getting Started with Max & MIDI
• Project #3: Sequencing, Synthesis, or RTI – Due: Wed., Dec. 13, 11:59 pm
• Project Guidelines (pdf)
  
• Project Proposal (pdf) – Due: Mon., Dec. 4, 11:59 pm
  
4. Listening Activities (pdf)
5. Digital Anthology
   
6. Handouts
   
7. Terms & Concepts
   
8. Bibliography
• Articles
9. Software

Technical Overviews

1. Audacity (pdf)
2. Max Programming (pdf)
3. MIDI (pdf)
4. MSP Basics (pdf)
5. How Digital Audio Works (pdf)
   
6. Reason (pdf)

1. Ch. 1: The Digital Representation of Sound: Sound and Timbre (pdf)
2. Ch. 2: The Digital Representation of Sound: Playing by the Numbers (pdf)
3. Ch. 3: The Frequency Domain (pdf)
4. Ch. 4: The Synthesis of Sound by Computer (pdf)
5. Ch. 5: The Transformation of Sound by Computer (pdf)

1. Ch. 1: Acoustics
2. Ch. 2: Studio Gear
3. Ch. 3: MIDI
4. Ch. 4: Synthesis
5. Ch. 5: Digital Audio
6. Ch. 6: History of Electronic and Computer Music
   
7. Appendices
   

Magazines & Journals

1. Create Digital Music (CDM)
2. Computer Music Journal
3. Journal of Music, Technology & Education
4. Leonardo Music Journal
5. Music Radar: Formerly Computer Music Magazine, Electronic Musician & Keyboard
   
6. MusicTech
7. Sound on Sound
8. Synthtopia

Media

1. Funk, Music Production Podcast
   
• Episode 271: Algorithmic and Generative Music with Canton Becker {Libsyn}
2. Grosse, Art + Music + Tech Podcast {Libsyn}
3. Powell and Meinzer, Innovation Uncovered Podcast
   
• Music in the Algorithm Age {SimpleCast}
4. Waveshaper Media {YouTube Channel}
   

Cloud Storage

1. USC Office 365
   
• OneDrive
  
2. Dropbox
3. Google Drive

Music Library Resources

1. FindIt @ USC Libraries
   
2. Britannica Academic
   
3. Harvard Dictionary
4. Grove/Oxford
   
5. JSTOR

Online Music Distribution

1. Bandcamp
2. Naxos Music Library
3. SoundCloud
4. Spotify
5. YouTube

Main References

See also: BAIN MUSC 336 Bibliography & Articles

Burk, Phil, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts and Dan Rockmore. 2011. Music and Computers:  A Theoretical and Historical Approach, Archival Version. Available online at: <https://musicandcomputersbook.com>.

Cycling, '74. 2021. Max 8 Documentation. San Francisco, CA: Cycling '74. Available online at: <https://docs.cycling74.com/max8>.

_________. 2005. Max: Getting Started, v. 4.5. San Francisco, CA: Cycling '74. (pdf)

Kirn, Peter. 2006. Real World Digital Audio. Berkeley: Peachpit Press. {GBd}

Hass, Jeffery. 2021. Introduction to Computer Music: An Electronic Textbook, 2nd ed. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University. Available online at: <https://cmtext.indiana.edu>.