MUSIC 207
Final Project instructions


In the Final Project, you will do research into issues related to computers, technology and music or art. You can expand on a topic touched on in class, in the book, from the web, or something you happened to find out about. This means you have a very wide choice of topics. Since you have so much freedom with respect to the topic, take advantage of the opportunity, and pursue something you're really interested in! You can work with one or two other people on the Final Project.

There are three ways you submit your work (all three are for the whole class to see):

1. Make a poster -- poster instructions
2. Do a demo in class -- demo instructions
3. Make a video -- video instructions

If you plan to do a demo in class, you must let me know early, so we can plan ahead and schedule everyone. If you do a demo, you can expect to write less text than for a poster, however in all cases I expect some written documentation of your work.

FOR DEMO OR POSTER, YOU MUST BE READY BY THE LAST WEEK OF CLASSES.
The idea is that demos and posters are not only for me to see -- they are for the entire class, which is really fun, but it only works if you are ready.

Suggestions:

For demos—some aspect of acoustics or psychoacoustics, from the book, or from some other acoustics or psychoacoustics source in the library. Auditory illusions, harmonic singing (can you learn it in a few weeks?), a computer program that you wrote to produce specific waveforms, a circuit you made, like a distortion pedal for your guitar, a Theremin, a comparison of different compression techniques (mp3 for example).

For posters—tuning systems, reverberation, chaos, fractals, algorithmic composition, musical illusions, aliasing, neural nets and music, synaesthesia, visualization of music, etc.

Some aspect of acoustics or psychoacoustics, from the book, or from some other acoustics or psychoacoustics source in the library. Auditory illusions, harmonic singing (can you learn to do it in a few weeks?), a computer program that you wrote to produce specific waveforms, a circuit you made, like a distortion pedal for your guitar, a Theremin, a comparison of different audio compression techniques (mp3 for example). More topics: tuning systems, reverberation, chaos theory in music, fractals, algorithmic composition, aliasing, neural nets and music, synaesthesia, visualization of music, sonification, etc. More ideas: History of electronic/computer music, synthesis/synthesizers, DAFX, DAW's, Max/MSP, bioacoustics (animal communication), tuning and temperament, visual music, digital audio, or any other topic that fits within the context of this course.

One way to find ideas for this project is to look over the bibliography or sources of illustrations in the textbook. There are many references, covering all sorts of topics in the area of computer music and acoustics; you should be able to find something that piques your interest. Or if you prefer, there are hundreds of books and thousands of articles that have been published since this book came out. All are fair game.

Look here for a few ideas to chew on:

 

 

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