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Interactive Music Systems

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2016

Topics

  • Introduction and class overview
  • Sound, digital audio, pyaudio, Kivy, sine waves, additive synthesis
  • Exploration Presentation (EP) example. Lab.
  • Audio files, sampling, looping, resampling, recording
  • Pset demos. EP1. Lab.
  • Graphics, rendering, draw primitives, colors, animation, simulation
  • Pset demos. EP2. Lab.
  • MIDI, FluidSynth, Scheduling, Metronome
  • Pset demos. EP3. Lab.
  • Harmonix Tour
  • Input devices, controllers, sensors, Kinect, gesture tracking
  • Pset demos. EP4. Lab.
  • Music games. Fantasia: Music Evolved play session.
  • Pset demos. EP5. Final project process / pitch session.
  • Guitar Hero / Team formation party.
  • EP7. Guest lecture by Ben Houge.
  • Project proposal presentations.
  • Pset demos., EP8. EP9.
  • Team meetings with instructor.
  • 1st Milestone presentations.
  • 2nd Milestone presentations.
  • Final project presentations, part I.
  • Final project presentations, part II.

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