Computer Music 19\20

Last updated on Apr 4, 2020 UNICT, Triennale, 2019-20

Summary

The course of Computer Music [6 CFU] is part of the BSc Course in Computer Science of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Catania, Italy.

I taught this course in the A.Y. 2019\20.

Previous editions of this course are available in the following pages: A.Ys. 2018\19 .

Syllabus

Acoustic
- Definition of sound.
- Sound propagation in the air.
- Sound properties.
- Pure sinusoids combinations.
- Width-Frequency representation.
- Harmonic contents in waveforms.
- Waveforms.
- Sound envelope.
- Sound behaviour.
- Psycoacoustic.
Decibel
- Decibel definition.
- Decibel in audio context.
- Inverse-square law.
- Combinations of audio sources.
- Electrical quantities in Decibel.
- Standard Operating Level.
- Dynamic Range.
- Decibel measurers.
Equalizers and Filters
- Equalizers.
- Bells equalizers.
- Shelving equalizers.
- Parametric equalizers.
- Graphic equalizers.
- Low-pass and High-pass filters.
- Filter slope.
- Band-pass filters.
Effectes and Audio Processors
- General principles.
- Effects: reverb, delay, phaser, flanger, chorus, tremolo, and vibrato.
- Audio signals processors: changer, exciter, wah-wah, compressor.
Noise
- Narrow-band Noise (NBN).
- Broadband Noise (BBN).
- NBN reduction techniques.
- BBN reduction techniques.
- Noise reduction systems (NR): dolby A, dolby B, dolby C.
Musical notation and Computers
- Musical notation.
- Commercial editors.
- Music XML.
Digital Audio
- Sampling.
- Quantization.
- D/A Conversion.
- Home recording.
- Soundboards.
- Audio compression.
Audio Formats
- Most common formats
- MP3
Some Application
- Sonification
- Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech

Teaching Material

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Material last updated on 4 April, 2020. Teaching material is available in English, under request ( some material is already available here ).