Sound
    Physical Sources (waves)
   sound sources    demo devices

        text chapters: 1,2,3,7,8,A
        read from reader: Helmholtz, On the Sensation of Sound in General
        Helmholtz, On the Composition of Vibrations
        Pierce, The Nature of Musical Sound

   Perception of Sounds (psychoacoustics)
   properties of hearing    auditory models

       text chapters: 9,10,11,B,C,D
       read: Shepard, Cognitive Psychology and Music
       W. Chafe, The Nature of Consciousness
       record ca. one minute of dialog (2 or 3 speakers, spontaneous), email to cc@ccrma

    Messages (environmental, gestural, speech, musical)
   auditory communications

        read: Pierce, Storage and Reproduction of Music
        text chapters: 12,13,F

Digital Sound
  Numerical Representation (sampling, resolution)
   digitization of sound waves

        [intro. by Jason Deng, SA]

        text chapter: 14
        read: C. Chafe, A Short History of Digital Sound Synthesis
        bring in a recording of discourse, transcribed and segmented

   Synthesis (techniques, control)

        [A timeline in sound...]

        text appendix: G

   Digital Recording (sessions, formats)

        [Live recording session, CCRMA studio (bring instruments)]

    Music Cognition (overview of research into the biological basis of music)

        [Guest Lecturer: David Huron, 1999 Bloch Lecturer, UCB & Prof. OSU]

        read: AES, White Paper on Internet 2

Massive Sound Media
    Comparison of Internet-based and Historical Media (plus grad student research)

        [David Merrill, SA, the Telharmonium,  Real Audio & such,
            video documentary on Telharmonium]

        [Takuya Fujishima, real-time chord tracker]
        [Sile O'Modhrain, haptics in musical interfaces]

    Mastering for New Media (incl. audio for film / video)

        [Trip to Sonic Solutions, Novato, CA
         (provider of editing tools for DVD-video, DVD-audio)]

    Model-based Representations of Sound vs. the Future (audio compression)

        [wrap-up, MST courses, induction ceremony...]
 

(optional): to take the course for credit, create a web page that can be added here

example topics (check first w/ Chris):
        impact of networked sound -- find a novel use, e.g., internet radio in politically sensitive areas
        a compendium of all current-practice compression techniques -- pro's and con's
        symbolic representations of music (alphabets) -- from notation through digital forms
        the impact of massive digital media (e.g., MP3) on traditional distribution channels