Course Schedule, Spring 2014!
MUS296: Intro to Music Tech!
(Revised February 13, 2014)
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Schedule is subject to change as the course progresses. Assignments are due at the start of the
class session listed, All reading refers to chapter numbers in “An Introduction to Music
Technology” by Dan Hoskens, and is to be completed by the date listed.!
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Week
Date
1
14-Jan
Course Overview - Intro to Sound
16-Jan
Logic: Main Window, Tracks, Project Management
21-Jan
Logic: Sore Editor, Piano Roll, Quantization
23-Jan
Logic: Mix Window, Song Arrangement, Automation
28-Jan
LP 1 Review
30-Jan
Logic: Score Editing and Rhythmic Layout
4-Feb
Logic: Lead Sheets, Chord Symbols & Lyrics
6-Feb
Logic: Staff Styles & Transposition
LP2
11-Feb
Logic: Score Sets
LP3
13-Feb
Logic: Polyphonic Staff Styles
LP4
18-Feb
Logic: Page Layout and Score/Part Prep
LP5
2
3
4
5
6
7
Guest Lecture: Marc Battier
25-Feb
Exam 1: Logic Pro
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Reading
LP6
DEMO - music for video
Common Day of Learning - Sessions TBD
4-Mar
6-Mar
Due
LP1
20-Feb
27-Feb
8
Topic
Final Project Preview / Notation Standards
11-Mar
Mid-Semester Break, No Classes
13-Mar
Mid-Semester Break, No Classes
18-Mar
Hz, dB, Complex Waves, Overtones
1,2
20-Mar
EQ
3,4
25-Mar
Mics and Speakers
27-Mar
Recording Audio, Signal Chain
1-Apr
AD / DA, Sample Rate, Bit Depth
3-Apr
Editing Audio, Comps
8-Apr
Auxes, Busses, and Signal Flow
10-Apr
MIDI, Samplers and Sound Generators
15-Apr
Audio File Types, Lossy vs. Lossless Compression
17-Apr
Final Project Q & A, Last Steps
22-Apr
Exam 2: Physics and Engineering
24-Apr
Open Lab Day - Final Projects
LP7
5
LP8
6
LP9
8,9
LP10
12
Finals Week (April 28 - May 2) - final projects due, finals schedule will be posted online