Introduction to Digital Music
Class Syllabus (UN2205/Fall - 2019)



Send mail to brad-at-music.columbia.edu or dd2799-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 on-line resources
Ableton on-line manual




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

9/3   class introduction 9/5   MIDI/EM history, terminology
9/10   studio setup, basic sequencing 9/12   basic recording
9/17   additional sequencing 9/19   additional recording +++++++ class assignment 1
9/24   assignment 1 presentations plugins/DSP theory 1 9/26   plugins/DSP theory 2
10/1   plugins/DSP theory 3 10/3   production
10/8   special guest star! 10/10   prep for MIDTERM
10/15   MIDTERM A 10/17   MIDTERM B
10/22   Ableton 1 10/24   Ableton 2
10/29   Ableton 3 10/31   Ableton 4 +++++++ class assignment 2
11/5   VOTE!VOTE!VOTE! Election Day - no class   11/7   assignment 2 presentations synthesis
11/12   Max/MSP 1   max-patches-from-class 11/14   Max/MSP 2   max-patches-from-class
11/19   Max/MSP 3 -- Max4Live 11/21   stuff that Dani does
11/26   cancelled 11/28   Thanksgiving break -- no class
12/3   studio tour 12/5   stuff that Brad does


Final Projects will be due on Tuesday, 12/10 by 5 PM.