TECH 201 COURSE OUTLINE + SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS
The schedule will be updated with homework and slides after every class.
I: INTRODUCTION, ACOUSTICS, listening
August
8/28 \ Overview of Topics + Syllabus, Introductions
Homework (HW):
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Read Talbot-Smith Chapter 1 (e-mail me answers to questions 1-3 on page 13, with subject heading “Reading 1”)
Listen to Wire Recorder Piece by Halim El-Dabh and La Vie en Rose performed by Clara Rockmore
September
9/2 \ How Sound Works
HW: Read Talbot-Smith Chapter 2
Listen to Forbidden Planet: Overture by Bebe & Louis Barron (listening guide), and Pines of Rome by Resphigi (the third movement only, score excerpt - note the instrumentation list, the instrument with the asterisk * (!))
Respond to Advice from Class (read and then e-mail me answers to the following questions, with subject heading “Advice Response”):
1) Are there any aspects of the class that concern you (time management, hardware issues, software issues, etc.)?
2) Are there aspects of the class that you are really excited about (composing etudes, listening to repertoire, etc.)?
9/4 \ Acoustics, Microphones
HW: Read the first chapter of How Music Works by David Byrne, “Creation in Reverse”
Listen to Luc Ferrari’s Presque Rien No. 1b, Annea Lockwood’s Sound Map of the Hudson River No. 5
After class, check out a portable recorder from me (unless you have one). I will note the portable recorder number.
Using that recorder, please record the following sounds over the weekend:
RECORDER SCAVENGER HUNT SOUND LIST
2 periodic sounds (pitched sounds)2 aperiodic sounds (noisy sounds)1 close sound (near to the mics)1 faraway sound (far from the mics)2 moving sounds (source/mics changing location during recording)2 ‘what the…’ AKA ‘guess the source’ sounds
Transfer the recorded files (should be 10 (at least)) to your computer, and upload to a folder with your name to the class Box folder named “Recorder Scavenger Hunt (Due September 9th)”.
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9/9 9/11
II: DAW Basics, FIELD RECORDING
9/16 9/18
9/23 9/25
9/30 (No Class 10/2)
III: ANALOG SYNTHESIS, AUTOMATION
October
10/7 10/9
10/14 10/16
🍂 FALL break (10/18 - 10/26) 🍂
10/28 10/30 🎃
IV: digital synthesis, plug-ins
November
11/4 11/6
11/11 11/13
11/18 11/20
V: ADVANCED TOPICS
(No Class 11/25)
🍂 THanksgiving break (11/26 - 11/30) 🍂
December
12/2 12/4
12/9 12/11