Introductory Lecture
(exercises: blind detection of sound source proximity to a wall,
dimensions of voice & clustering of musical sounds,
name that tune)
Organize 3 groups to design H2O instruments of different families (percussion, string, wind(?))
Course software (Otkinshi)
Planning questions: recording & performances
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
install Otkinshi on own computer (if possible) and synthesize 1024 Hz. tone
Hearing Lecture #1
Music Cognition, glossing work from OSU, David Huron
CCRMA overview
Plan underwater experiments
reader: Shepard, Cognitive Psychology and Music
W. Chafe, The Nature of Consciousness
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)
Wet Research Tour #1 chez Mark Applebaum, Menlo Park (box lunches, music, pool)
Test underwater instrument prototypes
Spatial hearing underwater, stereo hydrophones
Mark's newest instruments / pieces
Due Monday (9th) -- email cc@ccrma an image of wave motion (anything) ...so it will end up here
Waves
Catalogs of sound sources, classification of musical instruments, 20 questions ("I'm thinking of a sound...")
text chapter: 14
reader: C. Chafe, A Short History of Digital Sound Synthesis
(preparation for Monterey) Michael Gurevich, underwater acoustics notes
Wet Research Tour #2 Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey (overnight)
10:00 van leaves from Stern
12:00 arr. Hopkins and move to shrimp collection site
box lunch
-- over next 26 hours, various labs, incl. --
Michael Gurevich, shrimp sound (210 dB explosions) shrimp-snaps-up-close-movies
Sasha Leitman, cetacean vocalizations
Hydrophone experiments from boats
General Hopkins lab tour
Lisa Walling, (Mark Denny) biomechanics lab tour
poss. Visit to M.B. Aquarium
videos incl. Cane Toads
sleep (651 & 675 Belden, at Lighthouse and David)
Examples of past projects for course credit:
1999
2000
And thanks...
Mark Applebaum, Composition, Stanford
Michelle Daniels, MST
Ben d'Angelo, MST
Michael Gurevich, PhD student CCRMA
Rodrigo Segnini, PhD student CCRMA
Jay Kadis, CCRMA faculty
Jonathan Berger, CCRMA faculty
images from the last course)
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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
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
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