Fall 06 -DT 202-1

SCHEDULE

Details of chedule will be established as we go - check a few days before class.

1-August 30 (log) / Assignment for Next week

• 1:00: Introduction, Presentation of Syllabus, Questionnaire, Shopping List
• 4:15: Max videos, Laetitia's rigged briefcase - An intro to Max (the palette, objects, control vs. signal, building a patch)

2-September 6 (log) Assignment for Next week

• Digital audio concepts (hearing / demonstrate speaker & battery)
• Intro to Max - Max-MSP: patch/palette; control/signals; various signal generators; simple additive synthesis.
• Exercices in class: "Bell ringing" (metro and envelope generator), Your own additive patch (or other signal generators), Sound Shadows: create a sound which will be affected/modified by the movement of bodies in space (what is the relationship: the "narrative"??) The sensor we will use to test your patch is the PIR detector module.
• Make sure fill the shopping list and give LS cash.

3-September 13 (log) Assignment

• More Max-MSP ( Amplitude modulation - Frequency Modulation - Sampling)

4-September 20 (log) Assignment

• Go over last week's patches - Listen to students' patches - Problem solving.
• Max_MSP: more on sampling, abstractions (patches, bpatchers..)
• Hook up the motion detector to some of your patches ("sound shadows" described for Sept 6 class)
• Hack a mouse, introducing simple mapping strategies (for next week assignment)

5-September 27 (log) Assignment

• During the first two hours, Laetitia will help one-on-one and try to clear any Max confusion...
• More Max-MSP ----

6-October 4 (log) Assignment.

• Presentation of Assignments. to class

7-October 11(log) Assignment.

• A few more Max-MSP points: A little more about abstractions & the poly~ object
• Laetitia demos the lady's glove
• Interface, Sensors & Mapping

• DEFERRED FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS.....:
• (Build a resonnator object / resonnance/sound) - Listen to some Piezo pieces_ intro to The work of David Tudor

8-October 18 (log)

• Intro to Electricity and Electronics
• Build oscillator circuits onto breadboard (from Nic Collins' Hacking book)
• Andrew Benson demos / performs with his hacked game controller and answer Max questions/

9-October 25 (log) Assignment.

• How to read schematics.
• Build a preamp (LM 386) onto breadboard (with last week's circuit)
• Learn to solder onto circuit board (solder last week's circuit)
• Catch up on the Electronics side of class and from the "deferred" list above.

10-November 1 (log)

• Small jamming session with the circuits you built.
• Electronic Basics written TEST (bring the various hand-outs you were given, you can refer to these when taking the test)
• Build the resonnator circuit
• Start thinking about hybrid instruments...
• 5:30: French electronic music artist Jean-Luc Therminarias presents his work

11-November 8 (log)

FInish soldering your 4093/LM386 circuits, build the piezo/resonator.

12-November 15 (log)

• Back to Max-MSP (more on abstractions , expressions, and the use of pattr)
• How To use the Making Things modules and connecting various sensors
• Some time to work on your projects

13-November 22 (log)

• Submit your written project proposal!
• David and Mark demo the arduino board
• Visitor: SUe Costabile on Max-MSP Jitter, how she uses it and how to go about learning it.
• Some time to work on your projects

14-November 29 (log)

• Students work on their individual patches/ circuits for final project

15-December 6 (log) Students present a rough version of their final projects to the class- feedback and comments

16-December 13 (log) PUBLIC PRESENTATION of FINAL PROJECTS: CONCERT & INSTALLATIONS