Prerequisite: Music 171
Textbook: none
Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:20-3:40 in Mandeville B206
Instructor: Professor Miller Puckette , Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, 534-4823, msp@ucsd.edu, https://www.msp.ucsd.edu/
Office Hours aren't set yet.

course plan as of 4/13:

week 1. additive synthesis

week 2. control issues (sequencing; voice allocation); see the example patch.

week 3. nonlinear synthesis techniques

week 4. samplers

week 5. (May 2-4) presentation of student midterm projects

week 6. envelope generators

week 7. filters and modulation

week 8. delay effects

week 9. graphical synthesis in Pd; real-time performance issues

week 10. (June 6-8) presentation of final projects

Computers. This class is supported by ACS (Academic Computing Services) in the APM 349 lab (Applied Physics and Mathematics building). You can obtain class accounts and get a door code in class. (Note that the lab is unavailable certain hours.) Machines labeled "audio" are set up for this course. There's an ACS machine for use in class too, so you can see how to navigate the systems.

Alternatively you can work on your own PC; Pd is freely available at https://www.msp.ucsd.edu/software.html. If you have a Macintosh computer, you can probably get by using Max/MSP instead.