Advanced Music Programming, Synthesis and Live Electronics 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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101PMHP1 | credit | 3 | 2 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 1 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 48 to 63 hours of self-study | English, Czech | winter |
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Contents
Practically oriented instruction in composition skills in the environment of contemporary music technology is focused primarily on digital sound transformation, control of virtual musical instruments, basic concepts of musician-technology interaction, and sound mixing in a DAW environment. Familiarity with digital sound shaping tools is used to develop compositional imagination and skills in situations where the source of musical sound is not an acoustic signal source. The student will be introduced to advanced methods of sound composition, synthesis, sound post-production, mixing, music programming in the MAX environment, and mastering, all primarily from the perspective of practical skills that a music composer should possess today. The exercises take into account the realization of the students' own creative projects and may have overlaps into the field of incidental and film music and various intermedia forms of contemporary art.
Learning outcomes
Significantly developed ability to use the sound/music studio as a musical instrument from a composer's point of view. Production of music using the acquired knowledge in the field of music and technology.
Prerequisites and other requirements
Students should be familiar with the technological fundamentals of sound recording, electroacoustic music and sound post-production, including an orientation to the computer and recording studio environment from the perspective of a composer/sound artist/sound designer.
Literature
DAW [software]. (PRO TOOLS [software]. [Accessed 2 December 2019]. Available from: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools. LOGIC, LIVE)
MAX [software]. [Accessed 2 December 2019]. Available from: https://cycling74.com.
SYROVÝ, Václav. Technické základy elektroakustické hudby: Určeno pro posl. fak. hudební a fak. filmové a televizní. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1990. 159 s
ROADS, Curtis. Composing electronic music: a new aesthetic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. xxvii. 480 p. ISBN 978-0-19-537324-0.
HOLMES, Thom. Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture. London: Routledge, 4th ed. 2012. 568 p. ISBN 978-0415896368.
PUCKETTE, Miller. The theory and technique of electronic music. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007. 348 p. ISBN 978-9812700773.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Credit awarded on the basis of regular attendance and a well-crafted compositional output.
Minimum attendance required: 90%
Active participation in the practical implementation of the entire project with completion at the last class of the semester.
Note
Topic for the ZS 2023:
Sound Synthesis and Resynthesis
(a flexible topic depending on the specific interests of enrolled students)
- Synthesizers and their advanced control
- practical studio applications with virtual synthesizers
- sound analysis and resynthesis in studio practice
- SDIF - spectral models for real-time resynthesis
- CATART / MUBU - spectrally conditioned live sampling
In this practical class, Pro Tools and MAX software will primarily be used for demonstration, but the skills presented are not limited by the use of these platforms.
Further information
Course may be repeated
Schedule for winter semester 2022/2023:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Mon | 09:00–10:30 | Michal RATAJ | LAB Liechtenstein Palace |
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Schedule for summer semester 2022/2023:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Composition-Specialization electroacoustic music (Mg) (required main subject)
- Composition (Mg) from 2022/23 (required optional subject)
- Composition-Specialization Composition (Mg) (required optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor-1920-1year (optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bc (optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master-1920_1y (optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (optional subject)
- Film Directing_Bachelor-1920-1year (optional subject)
- Film Directing_Bachelor-1920-2year (optional subject)
- Film Directing_Bachelor_2021 (optional subject)
- Film Directing - Master-1920_1y (optional subject)
- Film Directing - Master (optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Bachelor - 1920 - 1year (optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Bachelor_2020 (optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Master - 1920_1y (optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Master_2022 (optional subject)
- Cinematography - Bachelor - 1920 - 1year (optional subject)
- Cinematography Bachelor_2021 (optional subject)
- Cinematography - Master-1920_1y (optional subject)
- Cinematography - Master-1920_2y (optional subject)
- Cinematography - Master_2021 (optional subject)
- Produkce - Bakalářské studium (optional subject)
- Produkce - Bakalářské studium - 2023 (optional subject)
- Produkce - Bakalářské studium - 2023 (optional subject)
- Production - Bachelor-1920-1year (optional subject)
- Production - Master (optional subject)
- Production - Master (optional subject)
- Production - Master (optional subject)
- Editing - Bachelor-1920-1year (optional subject)
- Editing - Bachelor_2021 (optional subject)
- Editing - Master_2021 (optional subject)
- Photography CZ - bachelor_2022 (optional subject)
- Photography CZ - Bachelor - 1920-1year (optional subject)
- Photography CZ - Master_2021 (optional subject)
- Conservation and restoration of photography – bachelor 2023 (optional subject)
- Sound Design - Bachelor-1920-1year (optional subject)
- Sound Design - Bachelor_2020 (optional subject)
- Sound Design - Master-1920_1y (optional subject)
- Sound Design - Master_2021 (optional subject)
- Animation - Bachelor - 1920-1y (optional subject)
- Animation - Bachelor_2020 (optional subject)
- Animation - Master - 1920_1y (optional subject)
- Animation - Master_2021 (optional subject)
- Game Design - Master (optional subject)
- Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor_2020 (optional subject)
- Audiovisual Studies - master_2021 (optional subject)
- Research and Theory of Audiovision 2021 (optional subject)
- Research and Theory of Audiovision 2023 (optional subject)