Introductory lecture
Organize ensembles to record together in studio
Organize 3 groups to design H2O instruments of different families (percussion, string, "current")
Name that tune
Course software (Dave Chisholm)
Quick primer on underwater sound: NOAA, John Maurer's URO Project
...more of John's underwater simulation project: Boombox-falling-in-pool (.mp3) and whale (.mp3)
text chapters: 1,2,3,7,8, appendix A
reader: Helmholtz, On the Sensation of Sound in General
Helmholtz, On the Composition of Vibrations
Pierce, The Nature of Musical Sound
Musical Cognition David Huron lecture
reader: Shepard, Cognitive Psychology and Music
W. Chafe, The Nature of Consciousness
Drowned Instruments Tour #1 chez Mark Applebaum, Menlo Park (pizza, music, pool)
Mark's newest instrument
Test students' underwater instrument concepts, bring prototypes & questions
Waves, Auditory Display
Catalogs of sound sources, classification of musical instruments, 20 questions ("I'm thinking of a sound...")
Overview of related courses / programs
Flying by Ear, Daniel Walling's 220c project, Spring '01
text chapter: 14
reader: C. Chafe, A Short History of Digital Sound Synthesis
-- Due Monday (10th) -- email cc@ccrma an image of wave motion (anything) ...so it will end up here.
Drowned Instruments Tour #2 Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey (overnight)
9:30 vans leave from CCRMA
box lunch
12:30 Sasha Leitman, cetacean vocalizations
2:00 general Hopkins lab tour
4:00 Michael Gurevich, shrimp sound (210 dB explosions) shrimp-snaps-up-close-movies
dinner TBA
sleep (651 & 675 Belden, at Lighthouse and David)
Drowned Instruments Tour #3
breakfast at First Awakening (across from Hopkins, 125 Oceanview)
(early) Michael Gurevich, boat trip with instruments, recordings
lunch at First Awakening
hikes, Pt. Lobos, ?
return to Wilbur
Psychoacoustics
Digitization of sound waves (sampling theorem, resolution)
Methods of sound synthesis (analog, digital) Theremin, Telharmonium... physical models
Properties of hearing
Auditory models
text chapters: 9,10,11,B,C,D
-- Due Monday (17th) -- web post a sound recording of secretly recorded dialog ...for use in class
Recording, Techno
Edison cylinder collection at CCRMA
High-resolution formats, compression
Post-production tools
Style analysis of Techno, Kenny Easwaran's URO / Honors project
text chapters: ?
Performances: John Cage, Theater Piece, Terry Riley, In C