Introduction to Digital Music
Class Syllabus (UN2205/Fall - 2017)



Send mail to brad-at-music.columbia.edu or egp2122-at-columbia.edu if you have any problems in the studio, questions about your work, or ideas for other items to include on this page.

Studio reservations are done through an on-line system affiliated with your Columbia e-mail account (we will show how this works in class).
Logic pro X on-line manual
picture with info and default settings for the mixer



note: this syllabus may change slightly depending on class pace, new software/hardware installation, etc.

9/5   class introduction 9/7   MIDI/EM history, terminology
9/12   studio setup, basic sequencing 9/14   more sequencing (editing, etc.)
9/19   basic audio recording 9/21   recording operations +++++++ class assignment 1
9/26   assignment 1 presentations plugins/DSP theory 1 9/28   plugins/DSP theory 2
10/3   plugins 10/5   plugins
10/10   production 10/12   production
10/17   prep for MIDTERM 10/19   MIDTERM A
10/24   MIDTERM B 10/26   basic synthesis theory
10/31   synthesis tools 11/2   special guest star!
11/7   VOTE!VOTE!VOTE! Election Day - no class   11/9   Max/MSP 1 +++++++ class assignment 2
11/14   assignment 2 presentations Max/MSP 2 11/16   Ableton
11/21   Max4Live, SPEAR 11/23   Thanksgiving break -- no class
11/28   stuff that Emily does 11/30   special guest star!
12/5   stuff that Brad does 12/7   the FUTURE!


Final Projects will be due on Tuesday, 12/12 by 5 PM.