COSC 4P98 Topics in Computer Media and Digital Audio

Course information // Software // Interesting Links // Student Work

Instructor: Brian Ross (bross@brocku.ca)

TA: Adrian Harrington

• Outline
• Project description
• Recommended text:
  • Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure Transnational College of LEX, Language Research Found., 1998. ISBN 0-9643504-0-8.
    : By far the most accessible introduction to Fourier analyses possible. It goes through every minute aspect of Fourier mathematics from the ground up.

• Assignment 1
  • Adobe Audition is available in J310.
  • Audio data for question 1 (or make your own).
  • wavtxt_tools.zip: by Robert Flack. TXT-format audio file tools for Linux. Also, wavtxt_tools-win32.rar binaries for Windows.
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3
  • New deadline: noon Monday April 2. No lates accepted.
  • VST 2.4 libraries
  • Lib PNG to make skins for your VST plugin (from libpng.org)
  • Possibly useful for the assignment: midi2cs, csedit, lame, and razorlame.
  • How to write a song at Tweakheadz.

• Term test: Friday March 16 (during class)

• Seminar schedule.
• Some areas for seminar topics.

• Project
  • Deadline: 12:00 noon, Monday May 7, 2012. No lates!

• Lecture notes:
  • Amplitude and decibels
  • Discrete Fourier Transformation equations
  • Fourier Series and Discrete Fourier Transformation side-by-side (rev. Feb 22/2012)
  • MIDI
  • Granular synthesis
  • Synthesis
  • Music programming languages
  • Csound
  • Ableton
  • VST Programming (rev: Mar 9, 2012)
    • Examples
    • Compiled DLL of aDelay: adelay.zip
    • Further discussion of the delay effect is here: YGrabit tutorial
    • Also see 4P98 software page for more VST resources.

• Assignments and old tests.

• CSound: Windows system, Windows help, PDF manuals.
• Misc applications, VST info. (Brock access only)
• Misc wave files. (Brock access only)

Reading...

• COSC 4P98 Reserve List at library.
• Recommended reading.

Topics (time permitting):

• Fundamentals of digital audio
• Synthesis and sampling
• Digital signal processing
• Fourier transformations
• Computer Music and Midi
• Music and audio programming languages
  • CSound
  • Processing, Beads
  • Supercollider
• Commercial applications
  • VST plugin development
• Fractals and music
• Automated composition, AI
• Arduino and art installations
• ???

Online papers and pages

• Fourier Transformation and applications
  • Fourier and other tutorials
    : Papers, software, and examples of spectral morphing.
• Reverb/Echo/Delay by Scott Madigan.
• Csound
  • Introduction to Sound Design in Csound (R. Boulanger)
    : chapter 1 of The Csound Book.
  • Wave Terrain Synthesis
  • Other onine tutorials
• Automated composition
  • 1/f noise publications
• The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
  :free PDF download of book. See Ch. 13 and 8 (and others) for Fourier discussions!

Misc demos

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