History and Practice of Electronic Music - S2016

Topic outline

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  Course Intro & News

  • Welcome Page
  • Please click here and complete this introductory survey. Feedback
  • News forum
  • Link to OIT's storage solution for OU users URL
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  Course Documents for on-line viewing

  • Syllabus and Course Outline Page
  • Course Textbooks Page
  • Important Dates (Projects and Exams) Page
  • Project 1 Guidelines Page
  • Examples of past student projects URL
  • Project 2 Guidelines Page
  • Project 3 Guidelines Page
  • Final Project Resources Page
  • Link to textbook website URL
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  Unit One Links and PDFs

  • Link to Lecture Notes for Early Classes (pdf) URL

    This is a PDF of a KeyNote/PowerPoint presentation (no audio file playback)

  • Link to Exam1 Study Guide File

    This PDF is a one page summary of all you need to know to do well on the Exam.

  • Acoustic Waves and Vibration Animations URL
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  Course Software

  available for downloading

  • Links to Software for Instruction and for Project Resources Page
  • Mystery Modulation Page
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  Share drafts of your mini-projects (mp3s)

  Links for sharing MP3s of your projects and for commenting on the work of your classmates for class participation credit.

  • Mini-project 1

  • Share draft 1 of your first lab project for comments Forum
  • Share draft 2 of your first lab project for comments. Forum
  • Share final version of your first lab project for comments Forum
  • Mini-project 2

  • Share draft 1 of your second lab project for comments Forum
  • Share draft 2 of your second lab project for comments Forum
  • Share final version of your second lab project for comments Forum
  • Mini-project 3

  • Share draft 1 of your third lab project for comments Forum
  • Share draft 2 of your third lab project for comments Forum
  • Share final version of your third lab project for comments Forum
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  History of Noise Aesthetics

  Click here for Lecture Notes
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  Exam 1 Review

  Click here for lecture notes, study guide, and mp3's

  • Schrader Book: Exam1 Excerpts URL
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  Early Electronic Instruments

  Annotated Reference Link on Early Electronic Instruments

  • Electronic Musical Instruments 1870 - 1990 Page
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  Exam 2 Review

  Click here for lecture notes, study guide, and mp3's

  Click here for extra photos of Raymond Scott's studio

  Click here for a photo gallery of synthesizers

  • Exams 2 Study Guide (PDF) URL
  • Schrader Book: Exam2 Excerpts URL
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  Exam 3 Review

  Click here for history of Max Matthews and Music N (forerunner of Csound)

  Click here for lecture notes, study guide, and mp3's

  • Exam 3 Study and Review URL
  • Great geeky and informative video on digital audio basics. URL
  • Click here for essay on digital audio conversion URL
  • Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) explained URL
  • Physical Modelling Synthesis addendum Page
  • Link to Mark Bellora's TedTalk on sonification URL
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  Submit Final Version of Lab Projects

  Links for submitting the final version of your lab projects for grading.

  • Lab Project #1 Assignment
  • Lab Project #2 Assignment
  • Lab Project #3 (final) Assignment
  • Project Post-Production and Submission Guidelines Page
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  External Links

  • Additional External Course-Content Related Links Page
  • Video Links Page
  • Electronic Music Organizations Page
  • External link suggestions Forum
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  Topic 12
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  Projects Examples

  Lab projects submitted by former students. Check them out if you need more ideas on the kinds of projects  appropriate for this class.
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  Topic 14
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  Topic 15