Unique Numbers 19717, 21645, 22233
Pennycook/Pinkston: Experimental Performance Interfaces

Meets: TU-TH 2-3:30 in MRH 4.170 or 4.178
Spring Semester, 2009

I. INSTRUCTORS:

Professor Bruce Pennycook, MRH 4.180 (Office Hours: TBA)
- Email: bpennycook@mail.utexas.edu
- Phone: 471-0916
Professor Russell Pinkston, MRH 4.156 (Office Hours: T-Th 3:30-4)
- Email: r.pinkston@mail.utexas.edu
- Phone: 471-0865

II. MATERIALS:

DVD-ROM for final project documentation.

III. TEXTS ON PERMANENT RESERVE AT THE FINE ARTS LIBRARY:

1. Winkler, Todd: Composing Interactive Music: Techniques and Ideas Using Max (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998)
2. Rowe, Robert: Interactive Music Systems: machine listening and composing (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992)
3. O'Sullivan, D and Igoe, T: Physical Computing (Boston: CENGAGE Learning, 2007)
   

IV. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Learn the Max/MSP graphical music programming language.
• Learn some basic techniques of computer music generation, processing, and interactive controls using Max/MSP.
• Learn how to use various types of controllers, sensors, and interactive control paradigms.
• Participate in a team project using some or all of the above techniques and technologies.

V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:

05% -- Lab Work Assessment/Class Participation
10% -- Literature Review/Presentation (Due 2/10)
10% -- Project Proposal Document/Presentation (Due 2/26)
20% -- Midterm Test on Max/MSP (3/12)
15% -- Design Document/Presentation (3/24 & 3/26)
10% -- Pre-Delivery Project Presentation (4/28 & 4/30)
30% -- Final Project Presentation/Performance (5/5)

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.