Tutorials in the MTCL (E230):
Wednesday 3:30-4:30pm (with Jung Suk Lee)
Friday 12:30-1:30pm (with Adam Jenkins)
Please bring headphones!!
Lecture time/location change! As of January 14 we will have class on Mondays at 5pm-8pm in C-412 of the old music building. As well, please email the instructor with your availability for tutorial sessions.
An introduction to the theory and practice of digital audio. Topics include: sampling theory; digital sound synthesis methods (additive, subtractive, summation series); sound processing (digital mixing, delay, filters, reverberation, sound localization); software-based samplers; real-time sound processing; interactive audio systems. Hands-on exercises are included.
Prerequisites: MUMT 202
Mondays 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Strathcona Music C-412
Jan. 3 to April 9, 2008
Avrum Hollinger: avrum [at] music [dot] mcgill [dot] ca
Stephen Sinclair: sinclair [at] music [dot] mcgill [dot] ca
JungSuk Lee: crunchtone [at] gmail.com
Adam Jenkins: adam [dot] jenkins [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca
By Appointment
2 written examinations (40% total)
One essay (20%)
One final project (20%)
2 quizzes (20% total)
Attendance to all classes and labs is required.
All assignments must be handed in on paper (theoretical portions) or on CD or DVD (practical portions). All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the specified date. Late assignments or projects will receive a penalty of 20% per day later unless alternative arrangements have been with the appropriate instructor before the due date, or unless accompanied by documentation of emergency illness or family crisis.
McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see http://www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).
Pohlmann, K. C. 2000. Principles of Digital Audio. McGraw-Hill.
Watkinson, J. 2001. The Art of Digital Audio. 3rd edition. Focal Press.
Roads, C. 1996. Computer Music Tutorial. The MIT Press.
Dodge, C. and T. A. Jerse. 1997. Computer Music. Synthesis Composition, and Performance. 2nd Edition. Schirmer - Thomson Learning.
All registered students will automatically have access to the MTCL. Overnight passes will not be issued until the end of the term.
Please note that the maximum storage capacity for your MTCL network account will be 1.2 GB. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that this account will be backed up. There is also a 100 page per 120 day limit for the printer in the UCL. You will be charged 10 cents per additional page printed. Music Server Account
All registered students will also receive an account on the Music Server. In theory this account will be backed up periodically. If you want to backup your work, you should store it in this account. This account will also act as an intermediate storage space that will allow you to transfer work in and out of the MTCL network.