Sounds for mid term comp

For your mid term composition/production project you will need at least 32 sounds,  or pre-produced sequences of sounds that you will use to create your composition during the lab time. Many of you will have completed this collection of sounds during your lab last week, but if not, keep making sounds. Please organize your sounds […]

Hierarchical Composition

For this week we will explore creating a composition hierarchically or top down.    We will start with an intentional outline, beginning, middle and end at a bare minimum,  then fill in each of those sections with further hierarchical structures.   For example the section we will refer to as the beginning, will itself has […]

Racking Synths

Today we continue exploring subtractive synthesis but in order to be able to quickly compare, assess and creatively explore subtractive synthesis further we will be using drum racks and instrument racks to give you finger tip access to all the difference sounds you create. For this lab we will continue with the goals from the […]

Granular Synthesis

As we push the outer boundaries of our technical and creative tool kit, we will find granular synthesis.   The methods of granular synthesis have changed over the years (first requiring razors, audio tape, splicing tape, and lots of time).   Now we can use computers to complete tasks that may have taken days and weeks […]