Monday, January 3, 2011

Class Goals

The following is a list of goals for this class.

General:
1. Using laptops (computers) for production / composition (creative mixing and editing),
2. Critical listening
3. Hands on composition projects.


Specifically:
1. Learn to use DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) with focus on Ableton: clips, tracks, instruments, effects, arrangement and sessions views, automation, etc.
2. Processing sounds, creating sound effects
3. Experiment with electroacoustic or more abstract sound compositions
4. New ways of listening, reduced / surrogate properties of sounds, composition design
5. Collaborative and critical skills - peer review, commenting, sharing clips, tracks
6. Composing mashups, contorllerism, and various mixing and unmixing "tricks"
7. Writing about your composition, class presentation

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