Wake Forest University
CSC 191E-- Digital Sound for Music and Theatre
Spring 2008
| Professor: | J. Burg |
| Digital Audio Consultant: | Jason Romney, North Carolina School of the Arts |
Office: |
Manchester 237 |
| Office hours: | Tuesday and Thursday 10-11 or by appointment |
| Phone: | 758-4465 |
Schedule
Wed., Jan. 16 |
Introduction to course. Description of Projects 1 and 2. |
Project 2 assignment: Option 1: Audio for a scene from a play OR Option 2: Music recording Please complete the questionnaire linked below and email it to burg@wfu.edu. Plan for course in the event that campus is closed for the semester. |
| Fri., Jan. 18 | Optional lab time, drop-in 3:00-5:00, Manchester 023 if you want individual help with hardware and software. I'll show you how to hook up microphones, use audio or MIDI software. | |
| Mon., Jan. 21 | MLK day. No class | |
| Wed. Jan. 23 | Romney: Ideas for your projects; overview of hardware and software. | |
| Fri., Jan. 25 | Drop me an email if you'd like to work in the lab at 3:00 - ? | Here's are some information sheets that you may find helpful as you do Project 1: |
| Mon., Jan. 28 | Burg: Digital audio compared to MIDI. Sampling and quantization. | Assignment: View the videos on Cakewalk Music Creator http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/MusicCreator/videos.asp. Also, do the first three tutorials in the Music Creator Help. You can see these by going to Music Creator Help\Contents and then choosing Tutorials. Music Creator is on the computers in the Digital Media Lab, Manchester 23. Covered in class (Read these): |
| Wed., Jan. 30 | Romney: Demo of recording and using software. | Project 1 due. Hand in hard copy at beginning of class. Plan for Project 2 -- Email back to burg@wfu.edu and romneyj@wfu.edu by Sunday, Feb. 3 at 5:00 PM. |
| Fri., Feb. 1 | Optional lab time. | |
| Mon., Feb. 4 | Burg: Students get started in the lab using Music Creator rewired to Reason | |
| Wed., Feb. 6 | Burg: Students continue working in the lab. | Reason 3 Getting Started Tutorials Video Tutorial on Reason's Subtractor Synthesizer |
| Fri., Feb. 8 | Optional lab time. | |
| Mon., Feb. 11 | Burg: Decibels, dynamic range, compression and expansion of dynamic range | |
| Wed., Feb. 13 | Romney: Demo of digital audio recording with various mics, voice, and instruments | |
| Fri., Feb. 15 | Optional lab time | |
| Mon., Feb. 18 | The science of filters and EQ -- lecture by Dr. Burg | |
| Wed., Feb. 20 | Filters and EQ -- demo by Jason | |
| Fri., Feb. 22 | Trip to NCSA, 3:00-5:00 | |
| Mon., Feb. 25 | Work on projects in lab | |
| Wed. Feb. 27 | Work on projects in lab | |
| Fri., Feb. 29 | ||
| Mon., Mar. 3 | Share projects | |
| Wed., Mar. 5 | Final exam | |
| Fri., Mar. 7 | ||
| Fri., Mar. 20 | Final project due at 2:00 PM. Bring to Manchester 237 | What to hand in for final project |