Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MP 2330 - Sound Design I: Synthesis


Credits: 3

In this sophomore-level production course, students will apply critical listening skills to model existing and generate novel sounds using digital synthesis techniques. Through instructor demonstrations, technical lectures and readings about different sound synthesis techniques, applied creative exercises, and critical listening and analysis training, students will learn to distinguish between synthesis techniques, engage with stylistic conventions for sound design, and utilize the software tools necessary to synthesize sound. Students will design sounds using subtractive, frequency modulation, wave shaping, granular, sample-based, and physical-modeling synthesis techniques and demonstrate technical and creative skills through the production of sound libraries, virtual instrument presets, and short composition projects.

Prerequisites: MP 1400 - How Digital Audio Works  and MP 2140 - Critical Listening  

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Create sounds based on listening, analysis tools, and knowledge of synthesis types and control parameters.
  • Evaluate historical conventions for sound design in various music styles.
  • Create custom synthesized and sample-based instruments.




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