Electronic Sound Practical

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Subject guarantor:

Ondřej URBAN

Name of lecturer(s):

Ondřej URBAN

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Management of the technology used in contemporary electro-acoustic music.

Mode of study:

Interactive instruction.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Basic knowledge of acoustics, electro-acoustics, music signals theory, music theory. Secure knowledge in working on PC and MacOS computers.

Course contents:

Differential synthesis in analog or digital (virtual) forms: KORG MS-20, Powertran Transcendent 2000, Arp Omni II, KORG Polysix, KORG MS-2000R, Roland JP-8080, Native instruments Pro-53

Summing synthesis: KORG DSS-1, Native instruments B-4

FM synthesis: YAMAHA DX-5, YAMAHA FS-1R, Native instruments FM-7

Sampling: KORG DSS-1, Akai Z-8, Steinberg Halion

Virtual acoustic synthesis: YAMAHA VL-1m, Creamware Noah

Fundamentals of linking and programming using MIDI protocol

Steinberg Cubase SX, basics of working with MIDI sequencing and audio recording

Automation and time dynamic parameters for sound synthesis and effect adjustments, mixing, mastering an electronic sound

Issues in setting sound for electronic compositions in real listening conditions.

Recommended or required reading:

M. Russ: Sound Synthesis and Sampling, Focal Press, Oxford (GB) 2004

uživatelské příručky příslušných hardwarových či softwarových prostředků

J. Borowick: Sound Recording Practice, Oxford University Press, Oxford (GB) 1994

B. Katz: Mastering Audio, Focal Press, Oxford (GB) 2002

Assessment methods and criteria:

Activity in exercises.

Course web page:

Note:

None.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Sound Design (Bc) (next compulsory subject)