2025 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 27 - July 3
MUSIC 158A 001 - LEC 001
Sound and Music Computing with CNMAT Technologies
May 27, 2025 - Jul 03, 2025
Mo, Tu, We, Th
02:00 pm - 03:59 pm
Internet/Online
Class #:11940
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Online
Offered through
Music
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
16
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 40
Waitlist Max: 20
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 22.5 hours of outside work hours per week.
Course Catalog Description
Explores the intersection of music and computers using a combination of scientific, technological, and artistic methodologies. Musical concerns within a computational frame are addressed through the acquisition of basic programming skills for the creation and control of digital sound. Will learn core concepts and techniques of computerbased music composition using the Cycling74/MaxMSP programming environment in combination with associated software tools and programming approaches created by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. Included will be exposure to the essentials of digital audio signal processing, musical acoustics and psychoacoustics, sound analysis and synthesis. The course is hands-on and taught from the computer lab.
Class Notes
This is an online music programming class that meets synchronously.
Students will need access to a computer that they can load software onto, and headphones if planning to access the class in a shared space during class time and for homework.
The software for this course .. show more
Students will need access to a computer that they can load software onto, and headphones if planning to access the class in a shared space during class time and for homework.
The software for this course .. show more
This is an online music programming class that meets synchronously.
Students will need access to a computer that they can load software onto, and headphones if planning to access the class in a shared space during class time and for homework.
The software for this course is Cycling74’s Max 8, and we’ll cover installation on the first day of class. show less
Students will need access to a computer that they can load software onto, and headphones if planning to access the class in a shared space during class time and for homework.
The software for this course is Cycling74’s Max 8, and we’ll cover installation on the first day of class. show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None