MUSI3501
10 units
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
Course outline not yet available.
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