MUSC279 - Instrument Design/Coding

Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Instrument Design/Coding
Term
2022A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
MUSC
Section number only
301
Section ID
MUSC279301
Course number integer
279
Meeting times
MW 01:45 PM-03:15 PM
Meeting location
LERN 101
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Christopher Burns
Description
An exploration of creative coding, sound synthesis and manipulation, generative music, and user interface design, oriented towards the development of new and imaginative software instruments for electronic music-making. We'll learn the basics of visual programming, with an emphasis on creative and artistic uses of code in music-making. We'll think about the affordances and constraints that instruments provide, the ways in instruments condition musical practice, and the distinctive instrumental possibilities offered by computation. The course culminates in individual projects using code to enable live performances of electronic music.
Course number only
279
Use local description
No