Course Learning The students who succeeded in this course;
Outcomes
 will be able to describe fundamentals of sound and the signal flow
that sound signals take through a typical recording path,
 will be able to analyze basic sound components in time and
frequency domains such as pitch (frequency), amplitude, and
spectrum (timbre),
 will comprehend fundamentals of the sound synthesis by
computers,
 will be able to comprehend the representation of sound in different
formats such as analog, digital, and sampled signal,
 will be able to implement sound transformation by sound editing
software in both time and frequency domains,
 will be able to comprehend essential components and the most
important tools in the music production process,
Course Content
Week Subjects
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2
3
4
5
6
Related Preparation
The Computer Music Tutorial
Fundamental Concepts, Characteristics of Sound:
(Technology) by Curtis
Frequency (Pitch), Amplitude (Loudness), Spectrum
Roads, ISBN-10:
(Timbre)
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; pp. 3-49
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
Characteristics of Acoustic Musical Instruments: Pitch,
Roads, ISBN-10:
Loudness, Timbre
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820;
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
The Frequency Domain: Phasors, Fourier and the Sum
Roads, ISBN-10:
of Sines, The DFT, FFT, Some alternatives to FFT
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; pp. 1073
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
Modulation Synthesis: Amplitude Modulation,
Roads, ISBN-10:
Frequency Modulation, ESPS and VOCODERS
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; Part 2, pp.213317
Signal Modifiers: Filters and Phase Relationships,
Responses and, Resonance, Envelopes, Gates and
Lecture Notes
Triggers, Voltage Controlled Amplifiers
Digital Representation of Sound: Analog v. Digital
Lecture Notes
Sampling Theory, Binary Numbers, Digital Copying
and Storage Concerns, Compression
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
Sound Synthesis: Sampling, Additive Synthesis,
Roads, ISBN-10:
Subtractive Synthesis, Waveshaping, Special Synthesis
0262680823; ISBN-13: 978Algorithms, Resynthesis and Cross-Synthesis
0262680820; Part 2, pp. 83317
Sound Studio & Recording Techniques, Acoustic
Principles of Sound Studios, Digital Sounds and
Lecture Notes
Sampling Rate, MIDI
Project Presentation I
The Computer Music Tutorial
Mixing & Signal Processing, Sound Mixing, Basic
(Technology) by Curtis
Concepts of Signal Processing, Special Sound Effects, Roads, ISBN-10:
Analog to digital converters (ADC), and digital to
0262680823; ISBN-13: 978analog converters (DAC).
0262680820; Part 3, pp. 347449
Transformation of Sound by Computer, Effects in Time
Domain: Sampling, Delay, Reverb,
Localization/Spatialization. Effects in Frequency
Lecture Notes
Domain: Phase Vocoder, Convolution, Time stretching,
Pitch shifting, Cross synthesis, Graphical Manipulation
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
Sound Analyses: Pitch & Rhytm Recognition, Spectrum
Roads, ISBN-10:
Analysis
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; pp. 493-533
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
The Musician's Interface: Musical Input Devices,
Roads, ISBN-10:
Peformance Software, Music Editors, Music Languages
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; pp. 611-783
The Computer Music Tutorial
(Technology) by Curtis
Internals of Digital Signal Processors, MIDI, System
Roads, ISBN-10:
Interconnection
0262680823; ISBN-13: 9780262680820; pp.913-1017
Project Presentation II
Final Examination