COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MEDIA 4

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 4054 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MEDIA 4 ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Composition

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EBRU GÜNER CANBEY

Offered to

Composition

Course Objective

In this course, students will design interactive computer systems using the high level programming language MAX. They will then compose works for these systems and perform these works in public.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will develop an understanding of the nature of interactive composition in relation to traditional electroacoustic composition.
2   Students will gain a broad understanding of the goals of composers of interactive music.
3   Students will learn a broad range of object oriented programming techniques.
4   Students will be able to conceive of original interactive compositional material.
5   Students will expand the range of tools they use to make electronic music.
6   Students will gain a deeper understanding of how interactive music performances differ from traditional music performances.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to MAX. Objects, messages, bangs.
2 Turning things on and off; controlling values: toggles, buttons, sliders.
3 Making simple music; controlling audio.
4 Oscillators and samples.
5 Sending, receiving, patch organizing.
6 Select; a couple fancy objects.
7 In-class performances of short pieces.
8 Tables, lists, data structures
9 How the heck do we compose with this stuff
10 Making your instrument
11 Performing with your instrument.
12 Looking at first instrument/piece patches; analyzing what the patch can do musically.
13 Perform your instrument in class.
14 Perform a complete piece on your instrument. Critique and revise.
15 Final Performance/presentation of revised projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Manzo, V.J., Interactive Composition: Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live, Oxford University Press, 2015
Roads, Curtis, Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic, MIT Press, 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will consist of creating and analyzing programming examples, as well as examinations and trials of different compositional techniques.

Assignments will consist of small programming projects, as well as one larger final programming and composition project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The assignments will be evaluated on the basis of timeliness, creativity, adherence to the assignments parameters, and on clarity of musical function.

The project will also be evaluated on the basis of timeliness, creativity, adherence to the assignments parameters, and on clarity of programming.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 14 1 14
Design Project 1 13 13
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1233211223
LO.211321122
LO.31132112
LO.4213233223
LO.5111231
LO.6333211223

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