Week

Activity

Format

DUE

1 (Th)

Course Introductions, Lab Introductions, People Introductions

Introductions

1 (F)

Topic: Building Hybrid Instruments: Example Madness

Topic: Audio hardware for multichannel Input/Output, Acoustic and Electronic Amplification, and Spatial Diffusion

Lecture

Lecture + Discussion

Lecture + Discussion

2 (Th)

Free Improv Session 1

Play

2 (F)

D1a Due: The Hand: Striking, Plucking

Topic: Pitch, Timber, Spectral Analysis and Resynthesis

Student Show and Tell + Discussion

Lecture + Demo

Lecture + Demo

-Reading R1, R2 and R3

-Assignment D1a

3 (T)

Fabrication Workshop 1: Laser Cutter Percussion

Demo

3 (F)

D1b Due: The Hand: Striking, Plucking HYBRID

Topic: Software Physical Modelling of Sound

Student Show and Tell  + Discussion

Lecture + Demo

-Assignment D1b

4 (T)

Free Improv Session 2

4 (F)

D2a Due: The Hand: Striking, Plucking

Topic:

-Assignment D2a

5 (T)

5 (F)

D2b Due: The Hand: Striking, Plucking, HYBRID

Topic: The Voice, Vocal Software Synthesis

-Assignment D2b

6 (T)

Free Improv Session 3

6 (F)

D3a / 3b Due: The Mouth: The Mouth: Vocal or Mouth articulation

-Assignment D3a/b

7 (T)

Final Project proposal workshop

7 (F)

Final Project Presentations

Student Show and Tell + Discussion

5-min presentations on Final Project Presentation

8-9

Work periods on thursday, Presentations and Critiques on Fridays

Development of 1st prototype

10-11

Work periods on thursday, Presentations and Critiques on Fridays

Development of 2st prototype

12-13

Work periods on thursday, Presentations and Critiques on Fridays

Implementation of intervention

14-15

Final Presentations