Survey of Music Technology
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How can we use computers to create expressive, compelling music? And how can we write computer software to help us create and organize sounds in new ways? This course provides a hands-on introduction to the field of music technology as both a creative musical practice and an interdisciplinary technical research pursuit. Students will be able to compose music in digital audio workstation software using both audio and symbolic representations; to write code to algorithmically generate music, analyze sound, and design sound; and to describe the essential theory and history behind these activities as well as their connection to cutting-edge computer music research. Through the exploration of topics such as acoustics, psychoacoustics, digital sound, digital signal processing, audio synthesis, spectral analysis, algorithmic composition, and music information retrieval, we will explore the deep relationships between art and science, between theory and practice, and between experimental and popular electronic music. We will learn about these topics in the context of digital audio workstation (DAW) software, the multi-track editing paradigm that has been dominant in music production since the 1980s. As we learn about the foundations behind such software, we will use this knowledge to more effectively create music with it, and we will also write a series of short software programs that extend the software’s ability to manipulate, transform, and analyze sound.
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Rating | 4.7★ based on 53 ratings |
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Length | 7 weeks |
Effort | 5-7 hours/week |
Starts | May 22 (310 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera |
Instructor | Dr. Jason A. Freeman |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Music And Art |
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music technology
Great course for anyone interested in modern music and modern music technology.
A great course for all the music enthusiast out there ,Explore the technicalities and the recent trends in Music technology .
It is a great beginning in Music Technology subject.
very thorough This course is so didactic and comprehensive to understand music technology, thank you guys!
Good course, easy to follow for people that are not so familiar with music technology.
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dr. jason freeman
Dr. Jason Freeman way of teaching this topic clearly shows his passion for the field.
A ton of thanks to Coursera and Dr. Jason Freeman for putting in the efforts that went into building this awesome experience.
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my first
This was my first online course.
This was my first exposure to MIDI and Python and DAWs, and I learned enough (mostly about Reaper and MIDI) to very comfortably continue using them.
I created my first music and want to continue.
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lot about
You can learn a lot about sound theory, Reaper DAW and programing sound whit Python.
I learned a lot about Digital Audio Workstations, Synthesizers and even how to create music with code.
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very interesting
This is a very interesting course.
Was very interesting an good, thanks <3 This was one of the most thought-provoking and useful courses I have taken.
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Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.
Digital Video/Audio Engineer $52k
Audio Transcriber $55k
Audio Engineer 4 $57k
Audio Production $58k
Freelance Audio $59k
Audio Tech. $61k
Audio Recordist $66k
AUDIO ENERGY $68k
Audio Sales $69k
Supervisor Audio $81k
Digital Audio Network Engineer $97k
Engineer, Audio Systems $113k
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Rating | 4.7★ based on 53 ratings |
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Length | 7 weeks |
Effort | 5-7 hours/week |
Starts | May 22 (310 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera |
Instructor | Dr. Jason A. Freeman |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Music And Art |
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