Computer Music Courses: Theory and Practice of new Music and Sound Art in Linz - Austria

Computer Music: Theory and Practice of new Music and Sound Art
[Labor Linz and servus.at] Linz-Austria

On the 8th of February Labor-Linz in collaboration with servus.at starts with a permanent class about Computer Music. As part of the servus Campus program this class covers the theory and application of new and existing technologies in music and sound art, such as sound synthesis, digital signal processing, sound design, sonic diffusion, acoustics, and psychoacoustics. In particular we will learn:

* Computer Assisted Composition (CAC)
* Real Time Interaction with acoustic instruments or voice
* Synchronized performance with audio and video
* Sensors Inferfaces and MIDI surfaces.
* Theory of composition of electroacoustic and contemporary music
* Practice of Sound Art and Sound Installation
* Digital Audio Processing (Convolution, Spectral Morphing…), Synthesis (Granular, FM…) and Modulation (Ring, FM…)
* Spatialization of sound and multichannel sound works.
* Use of studio tools: Audio Editors, Sequencers and Visual Flow Programming languajes (Pure Data) as well as Mastering Plugins and Techniques
* Acoustics and Analysis of sound

We will use a methodology based on listening - studying - practice, open to all aesthetics and ways of exploration.
Every week the class consists of two hours. At the beginning we listen students´s sound homeworks and have and open talk about them. Later the theory starts with an artistic introduction of some computer music concept with examples of compositions or sound works. Finally we introduce the technical and practical issues for the focus of the class.

You can attend the number of hours you can per month (two/week). Every week the class focuses in a different topic that will be announced with time enough.

Classes include printed documentation, scores, software and pure data patches.

The course focuses on the use of FLOSS (free/libre Open Source Software).

More Information: http://core.servus.at/content/computer-music-courses-theory-and-practice-new-music-and-sound-art