Courses
Introduction to Synthesizer Programming and Sound Design
A course focusing on issues related to synthesizer architecture, patch programming/editing, and functionality within the MIDI production environment.
Applied Technology for Musicians
Building upon basic concepts and skills learned in MTEC-111 Introduction to Music Technology, this course will give students an opportunity to continue to explore the creative uses of music technol
Introduction to Music Technology
An introduction to the fundamentals of music technology geared to the needs of today's professional musician.
Live Performance Techniques for Electronic Musicians
This course will examine the technical and creative processes involved with adapting electronic composition and production for live performance.
Electronic Production and Design Internship
Monitored and evaluated professional work experience in an environment related to the electronic production and design major.
Advanced Projects in Electronic Production and Design
This course focuses on production of the capstone Electronic Production and Design project and provides for individual attention within a small group setting.
Experimental and Avant-Garde Electronic Composition
This course explores an expansive set of historically innovative academic works, which students translate into cutting-edge commercial approaches to composition and production.
Physical Modeling and Additive Synthesis
An exploration of excitation/resonance models of sound production: Karplus-Strong (string), brass, and woodwind modeling using digital signal processing in a dedicated hardware environment; use of
Interactive Video Programming and Performance
This class provides the student with an opportunity to create visual projections for their original compositions using MAX/MSP/Jitter and other programs as needed.
Digital Signal Processing for Music Production and Postproduction
A practical exploration of digital signal processing music and sound design projects, including composition, remixing, and mastering, with emphasis on key techniques of DSP and their applications i
Digital Signal Processing: Theory and Composition
A theoretical and practical exploration of open-source digital signal processing software, audio-units, and plugins.
Advanced Seminar
A precursor to EP-491, Advanced Seminar combines master class and private lesson settings for the electronic production and design major.
Physical Computing, Circuit Bending, and Alternative Controllers
Using Ableton Live, Reaktor, Max, Jitter, OSC, Csound, and C, students design and program their own interactive games and audio/video remixers.
Digital Audio Production and Design
This course challenges students to design and produce audio content for a series of projects.
Sound Design for Animation
A project-based course covering basic design principles and production techniques used in producing sound for animation.
Composition Workshop
This class provides the student with an opportunity to create portfolio pieces of original compositions using software and hardware tools.
Programming Audio Applications and Plugins in C, C++, and Objective-C
A class in C programming with projects tailored specifically to the progressive electronic musician.
Advanced Studies in Digital Sampling Techniques
This course focuses on the study of the generation of original, exotic sound textures and unusual synthetic instrumental timbres derived from acoustic sounds recorded from studio and field sources.
Programming Interactive Audio Software and Plugins in Max/MSP
A class in electronic production and design using Max/MSP, arguably one of the world's most powerful and intuitive multimedia programming languages.
Speech and Vocal Synthesis
An overview of the electronically produced/processed voice, with exploration of: human voice mechanics; formants in speech and singing; time-stretching granular techniques; channel and phase vocode
