MUS329G: TTH 11:00-12:30 AND a TBA lesson once a week
I. INSTRUCTOR:
Nick Sibicky
Office Hour: W 5:00-6 (please make appointment ahead of time).
II. MATERIALS:
Some blank CDRs (6-8).
USB Flash Drive (optional).
AA Batteries (2-4)
III. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS: (books are on permanent reserve
at the Fine Arts Library)
• Samuel Pellman, Introduction to the Creation of Electroacoustic
Music (Wadsworth Press, 1994)
• Simon Emmerson, The Language of Electroacoustic Music (Harwood
Academic Press, 1986)
• Joel Chadabe, Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic
Music (Prentice Hall, 1997)
•
Jeffrey Haas, “Principles of Digital Audio” http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eemusic/etext/toc.shtml
IV. COURSE TOPICS:
• Recording Techniques
• An overview of the history and key masterworks of electroacoustic
music
• Intermediate Mixing Techniuqes
• Beginning Mastering
• Software packages used:
o Cubase SX
o Sound Forge
o Native Instruments Kontakt
o Native Instruments Absynth
V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:
30% - Final Project
25% - Exam/Quizzes
25% - Projects/Assignments
10% - Piece Critique/Analysis
10% - Class Participation
Note: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request
appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students
with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office
of the
Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY.
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