Course Title:
Sound Synthesis I
Code:
TA-4012
Short Description:
Digital sound synthesis theory and practice.
Wavetable Synthesis, Wavetable Crossfading, Wavetable Stacking, Sampling, Additive Synthesis, Subtractive Synthesis, Analysis/Resynthesis, Vocoder, Granular Synthesis
Students apply sound synthesis principles in the design of various software synthesizers in the MaxMSP programming environment.
Literature:
Διαμαντόπουλος Ταξιάρχης (2004) Προγραμματισμός και σύνθεση ήχου. Έλλην
Collins, Nick (2009) Introduction to Computer Music. Chichester: Wiley
Dodge, Charles and Jerse, Thomas (1997) Computer Music Synthesis, Composition, and Performance. New York: Schirmer Books
Miranda, Eduardo Reck (2002) Computer Sound Design : Synthesis Techniques and Programming. Oxford: Focal Press.
Roads, Curtis (1996) The Computer Music Tutorial. MIT Press.
Course Assessment:
Weekly meetings, Laboratory Exercises, Final exams, Final Project.
ECTS
4
Professor:
Nikolas Valsamakis, email: vals@staff.teicrete.gr
