MUS 153 - Introduction to Electronic Music: Sequencing and Video

1. Experiment with commercial music software packages to produce sequenced music examples.
2. Apply basic principles of music composition in construction electronically produced music compositions and/or arrangements including chord progressions, melody, form, and texture.
3. Describe the differences between WAV and MP3 sounds and their uses in electronic produced music.
4. Describe the evolution of electric music from analog to digital production through major compositional shifts from musique concrete to analog synthesizers with magnetic tape storage to computer software.
5. Create a narrative paper for each project describing the process of composition or arranging.
6. Utilize advanced software and synthesizer editing features to add sound to video.
7. Develop complex musical arrangements and/or original compositions appropriate for video.
8. Examine wave file (WAV) timbres and loops and their uses in software to create and/or arrange music for video.  

1. Introduction to Electronic Music
   1. Overview of the history of electronic music
   2. Development of analog and digital synthesis
   3. Electronic music in the home studio, albums, movies, video, commercials, and live performance
2. Concepts in Acoustics and Music Synthesis
   1. Basic harmonic structure and sound waves
   2. Envelopes and wave forms
3. Use of Hardware and Software
   1. Computer and printer
   2. Keyboard controllers
   3. Using computer software
      1. Initialize storage media
      2. Open programs
      3. Cut, copy and paste
      4. Create and save files
      5. Mouse and keyboard commands
      6. Print hard copy
   4. WAV and MP3 basics
      1. Use of WAV and MP3 files in music software
      2. Import/export applications of WAV and MP3 files
4. Music Sequencing Software
   1. Creating looping patterns
   2. Principles of cloning, modifying, and copy/paste functions of looped sounds
   3. Timing patterns of looped sounds
   4. Use of mixing functions to modify looped sounds
   5. Use of composite sounds to enhance looped patterns
5. Documentation of Projects
   1. Diary of work sessions using a standard word processing package
   2. Copying songs to tape or disc for archiving and storage
6. Song Data Entry from Computer Synthesizer Keyboards
7. Composition software
   1. Song data entry
   2. Experience using virtual analog equipment through software
8. Advanced sequencing techniques
   1. Develop multiple sequencing events using WAV information
   2. Use of automation techniques to enhance music composition
   3. Develop skills to demonstrate quantizing of rhythmic figures using software editing features
   4. Using sequencing to develop SMTE time code techniques for video playback with sound
9. Editor/Library
   1. Patch editing through customized or default sound banks with software
   2. Use pre-defined sounds in song arrangements
10. Percussion Writing
    1. Basic programming techniques
    2. Use drum patterns in data entry
    3. Include drum patterns in song projects
11. Timing to Video