Available in 2024
Course code

MUSI3501

Units

10 units

Level

3000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course encourages students to develop new ways of creating within the context of interactivity, music, sound synthesis and visualisation. It cultivates creativity by exploring the generation and processing of music and sound through software and hardware programming. Students investigate current and emerging forms of interactivity in the digital domain through virtual and tactile interfaces.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Newcastle City Precinct

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Replacing course(s)

This course replaces the following course(s): MUSI2706. Students who have successfully completed MUSI2706 are not eligible to enrol in MUSI3501.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Reflect on visual and auditory data representations

2. Generate new sounds through interactive synthesis

3. Demonstrate techniques for sound visualisation

4. Develop an interactive sound plugin

5. Collaborate effectively as a member of a team


Content

  • Interactive Sound Synthesis
  • Sound Visualisation
  • Creating Interactive Sound Plugins
  • Creating computer-based interactivity
  • Human Computer Interfaces (HCI)
  • Collaborating through virtual and haptic interfaces

Requisite

This course replaces MUSI2706. If you have successfully completed MUSI2706 you cannot enrol in this course.


Assumed knowledge

MUSI1705, MUSI2705


Assessment items

Practical Demonstration: Interactive Sound Synthesis

Practical Demonstration: Sound Visualisation

Professional Task: Interactive Sound Plugin Creation


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct

Lectorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
Workshop-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 7

Course outline

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