Musical Acoustics, Synthesis, and Audio Effects

2-1-9 units · Graduate

Covers the physics and acoustics of music and musical instruments, computational models of musical acoustics, and digital signal processing techniques for audio effects. Particular emphasis is placed on labs, demonstrations, and assignments, allowing students to gain practical implementation experience. A final project including a subset of software, modeling, design, fabrication, and artistic practice forms a significant part of the class, with milestones and a final presentation. Students should be familiar with some signal processing, digital audio, the basics of production, and programming (Python with some C++). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.