Module Descriptors
COMPUTER SOUND 1
MUSI40344
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Marc Estibeiro
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
You will study the history of musique concrete, electroacoustic composition and computer music.
You will learn techniques of computer sound synthesis using various audio processing packages.
You will develop environments for interactive performance
You will produce a completed piece of computer music.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Production and Presentation of a suitable piece of computer music 70% - Assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 3
Production of a 1500 word report 30% - Assessing Learning Outcome 2
Module Learning Strategies
12 weeks x 3 hours per week, mix of lecture and tutorial sessions (groups of 20)
Module Texts
Manzo, V (2011). Max MSP Jitter for Music: A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More. OUP
Cipriani, A (2010). Electronic Music and Sound Design: Theory and Practice with Max MSP. Contempone
Collins, N (2009). Introduction to Computer Music. Wiley
Manning, P (2004). Electronic and Computer Music. OUP
Boulanger R ed. (2000), The CSound Book, MIT Press
Dodge, C, Jerse, T. (1997) Computer Music, Synthesis, Composition and Performance. Schrimer.
Russ, M. (2003) Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focus Press.
Roads, C (1995) The Computer Music Tutorial. MIT Press.
Moore F,R (1998) Elements of Computer Music. Prentice Hall.
Kirk, R. Hunt, A. (1999) Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia. Focus Press.
Chadabe, J. (1996) Electric Sound: the Past and Promise of Electronic Music. Prentice Hall.
Holmes, T. (2003). Electronic and Experimental Music. Routledge
Wishart, T (1994) Audible Design. Wishart.
Module Resources
University Apple Macintosh computers running appropriate music programming software (Max MSP, PD)