MUS 3820-3. Digital Music Techniques

This course is one of the technical electives in the audio production major. It is for those students who want more advanced training in the use of computer applications to create, edit and/or perform music.

Many of the topics covered have been included in the required Audio Production courses, but are explored to a more advanced extent in this course. Such revisited-but-advanced topics include:

• sampling (samplers and computers)

• sequencing (P.C. and Mac)

• synthesis

• hard disk recording

• machine control (synchronization)

Other included topics are new and beyond the related areas that were covered in the Audio Production courses. These new areas include:

Prereq: MUS 2470 and 2560 or permission of instructor.