Of Sound and Vision

Week 1
1/3 Introduction to Max
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Week 2
1/9 Minimalism and the History of Techno
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1/10 Basics of Synthesis
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Week 3
1/16 Sound and Our Environment
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1/17 Aesthetics of Noise
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Week 4
1/23 Introduction to Jitter
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1/24 History of Visual Music, "Synaesthesia in Art"
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Week 5
1/30 History of Circuit-Bending and the Aesthetics of Failure
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1/31 Alternate Interfaces
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Week 6
2/6 Getting more from your data
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2/7 Work day
Week 7
2/13 Final crit
2/6 Getting more from your data

Review homework

Getting more from your data
  • Recording gestures: mtr, seq~
  • One-to-many controls: autopattr, interpolation spaces
Catch up on material that may have been missed previously,
Q & A on material that students are having difficulty with,
and / or in-depth investigation of specific topics based on students' interests.

Individual meetings to discuss final project proposals
  Assignment:
Begin work on final project