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Music 159 Syllabus

Spring 2018
CNMAT main room, UC Berkeley
Instructor: Jeff Lubow, [email protected]
Office hours: Wednesdays 5-6:30p (CNMAT, downstairs)

1/17/18 Week 1:

• Review of syllabus, Questionnaire, Installation
• Introductions
• Intro to ODOT

1/24/18 Week 2:

• Review week 1
• Intermediate ODOT
• Sound file playback, real-time manipulation
• Assignment #1: Sound file playback, modulation

1/31/18 Week 3:

• Review week 2
• Intermediate ODOT
• Mono to poly~
• Discussions of aesthetic design 1

2/7/18 Week 4:

• Guest Lecture #1
• Review week 3
• Discussions of aesthetic design 2
• Grains and granular synthesis, granubuf~
• Assignment #2: Grains; project groups identified

2/14/18 Week 5:

• Guest Lecture #2
• CNMAT externals 1 + ODOT
• sinusoids~, resonators~, SPEAR
• Analysis, re-synthesis

2/21/18 Week 6:

• Guest Lecture #3
• CNMAT externals 2 + ODOT
• Open lab; Pitch and discuss midterm project ideas in lab
• Assignment #3: CNMAT Externals  

2/28/18 Week 7:

• Analysis of data; overview
• Architecting wrappers
• Step-through lab – exercises

3/7/18 Week 8:

• Guest Lecture #4
• Gestures 1, analyzer~, zsa descriptors
• Assignment #4: Wrappers

3/14/18 Week 9:

• Guest Lecture #5 (pending)
• Gestures 2, Composing behaviors
• KMI QuNeo 1

3/21/18 Week 10:

• Guest Lecture #6 (pending)
• Midterm projects due
• In-class presentations and discussion
• Assignment #5: Gestures 1

3/26/18 Spring Break (through 3/30/18):

• Project ideas for final

4/4/18 Week 11:

• Gestures 3, Composing behaviors
• KMI QuNeo 2 – interpreting and relating to data in real-time
• Assignment #6: Gestures 2 + Analysis / Data-mining

4/18/18 Week 12:

• Open lab – final projects

4/25/18 Week 13:

• Open lab – final projects

5/2/18 Week 14:

• Open lab – final projects

5/8/18 Week 15:

• Final project presentations

Key dates:

• Spring break window: Last opportunity for final project submissions
• Midterm project due: Wednesday, Feb. 21st, 2018.
• Final project presentations: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018.

Grading:

• 20% final project
• 30% lab assignments
• 30% attendance
• 20% mid-term project