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Designing an Introduction to Music Technology Course. David B. Williams Illinois State University Peter R. Webster Northwestern University. http://www.emtbook.net. D. P. Overview . Trends Goals and Philosophy Course Outline Hardware and Software Needs Sample Unit
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Designing an Introduction to Music Technology Course David B. WilliamsIllinois State University Peter R. Webster Northwestern University http://www.emtbook.net D P
Overview • Trends • Goals and Philosophy • Course Outline • Hardware and Software Needs • Sample Unit • Variations on the Theme • Closing Thoughts D
Music Technology Trends • Its all going digital • Hardware transformed as software • Music software more flexible & accessible • Beyond stereo • Internet connectivity and sharing D
Philosophy of Design • Constructionist teaching/learning strategy • Equal weight given to • People (the applications) • Data (music information being transformed) • Hardware (the hardware tools) • Software (the software tools) • IPOS model to understanding computer operations • Historical context D
Course models designed to meet the skills needed for: general music student population, theory/composition students, or music education students. P
Course Goals Student should gain an understanding of: • computer operating systems, network, and Internet concepts • basic concepts of acoustics and music synthesis • how a computer processes music for display versus music for performance P
Course Goals, cont. • features and operational concepts of music software for • Audio editing and recording • Sequencing and mixing with digital audio and MIDI • Notation • Instruction P
Course Goals, cont. • file types and translations for exchanging music data • practical, hands-on experience with music software in a variety of situations • Historical context P
Outline of Course • OS and Internet skills • Basic acoustics and music synthesis • Digital audio • Multichannels/tracks with surround-sound and MPEG • MIDI basics • Digital audio & MIDI combined • Notation D
Low budget Browser Audacity GarageBand or ACID Band-in-a-Box NotePad Healthier budget Browser SoundForge or Peak Cubase SE or Logic Express Sonar or Logic Pro Finale or Sibelius Reason Software Needs P
Sample Unit (Digital Audio) • Concepts of acoustics • Concepts of analog to digital to analog • Basic hardware setups • Music sharing and file types • Editing digital audio • Digital audio recording and editing project P
Sample Unit (Digital Audio) • Concepts of acoustics • Concepts of analog to digital to analog • Basic hardware setups • Music sharing and file types • Editing digital audio • Digital audio recording and editing project iTunes P
Sample Unit (Digital Audio) • Concepts of acoustics • Concepts of analog to digital to analog • Basic hardware setups • Music sharing and file types • Editing digital audio • Digital audio recording and editing project Audacity P
Variations: Theory/Composition • OS and Internet skills • Notation • Basic acoustics and music synthesis • Digital audio • MIDI basics • Multichannels/tracks with surround-sound and MPEG • Advanced sound shaping and synthesis • Composition project D
Composition Software • Cubase SE • Reason • Sibelius or Finale • Max/MSP • And more… D
Variations: Music Ed • OS and Internet skills • Basic acoustics and music synthesis • Digital audio • CAI instructional applications • MIDI basics • Multitrack with GarageBand and/or ACID • Notation • Onsite classroom technology unit P
CAI Software • Auralia, MiBAC, Practica Musica • BIAB • Smart Music • And more… P
EMT Textbook • Viewport I: Musicians and use of technology • Viewport II: OS and Internet skills • Viewport III: Basic acoustics and music synthesis • Viewport III: Digital audio • Viewport IV: Multichannels/tracks with surround-sound and MPEG • Viewport V: MIDI basics • Viewport VI: Digital audio & MIDI combined • Viewport VII: Notation • Viewport VIII: CAI Instructional Software D
DVD-ROM Tutorials • Safari and IE • iTunes • ACID and GarageBand • Audacity and Audition • Cubase, Logic, Home Studio, Sonar • Finale and Sibelius • Band-in-a-Box • MiBAC, Auralia, Practica Musica D
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Computing is not about computers anymore. It is about living. Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital (1995) P
CMS Technology Institute • www.cfa.ilstu.edu/cmscenter • June 4-9 • Instructors: Henry Panion, Peter Webster, and Dave Williams • Illinois State University • Sponsors Apple, MakeMusic!, MiBAC, Sibelius, SoundTree, Thomson/Schirmer D