Synthesis Theory

A course designed to examine digital signal processing techniques as applied to computer music applications. Topics include: theoretical background of digital synthesis and processing techniques (sampling theory, FM, linear and nonlinear synthesis systems), mixed digital synthesis systems (MIDI), direct digital synthesis (Csound, SuperCollider, Max/MSP), various music synthesis, and processing languages.

Textbooks:

• Roads, C. 1996. The Computer Music Tutorial. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.
• Csound On-line Manual v. 2.0
• Csound On-line Manual v. 3.48