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Date
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Topic
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Readings
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Lab
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Assignment due
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Other
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| M |
Jan 6 |
Basic Physics of Sound |
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Lab 1
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| W |
8 |
Terms of Western Music |
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| F |
10 |
MIDI Basics |
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| M |
13 |
Simplifying Sine Waves (Euler's Equation) |
|
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Assignment 1 due
|
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| W |
15 |
QUIZ, Listening to Student Music |
|
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| F |
17 |
Taking apart sounds (the Fourier Transform) |
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| M |
20 |
NO CLASS |
|
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| T |
21 |
Taking apart sounds with examples |
|
|
|
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| W |
22 |
Diagramming additive synthesizers |
|
|
|
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| F |
24 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
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| M |
27 |
RM, AM, FM |
|
|
|
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| T |
28 |
|
|
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Assignment 2 due
|
|
| W |
29 |
QUIZ, Listening to your music |
|
|
|
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| F |
31 |
Intro to filtering, LTI filters |
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| M |
Feb 3 |
Convolution |
|
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| W |
5 |
FIR filters, the Z transform |
|
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|
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| F |
7 |
IIR Filters |
|
|
|
|
| M |
10 |
Filters |
|
|
|
|
| W |
12 |
Distortion |
|
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Assignment 3 due
|
|
| F |
14 |
MIDTERM |
|
|
|
|
| M |
17 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
|
| W |
19 |
CTLT discussion |
|
|
|
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| F |
21 |
Barata guest lecture |
|
|
|
|
| M |
24 |
Adam guest lecture |
|
|
|
|
| W |
26 |
Barata guest lecture |
|
|
|
|
| F |
28 |
QUIZ |
|
|
|
|
| M |
Mar 3 |
Markov Model variations |
|
|
|
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| W |
5 |
Genetic Algorithms |
|
|
Assignment 4 due
|
|
| F |
7 |
Assignment 4 Presentations |
|
|
|
|
| M |
10 |
More Assignment 4 Presentations |
|
|
|
|
| W |
12 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
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| F |
14 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
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| M |
17 |
|
|
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Assignment 6 due
|
|
| Th |
20 |
|
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Assignment 5 due
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