Electroacoustic Music and MIDI

Professor

Robert Scott Thompson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
Director: Center for Audio Recording Arts (CARA)
School of Music, Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30302-4097, USA
Telephone: 404-651-1731 * FAX: 770-640-9714


Send email to RST.


Important Course-related Links

This page is dedicated to the courses which are offered in electroacoustic music and MIDI composition, at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. Here one will find links which are essential to your course work and technical training.

We invite submissions to these pages on an ongoing basis. If you are interested in submitting something please send an email with a description of your idea - if possible, send the contents for review.

These pages are under construction and they will be changing at a brisk pace. Please check back often to witness their evolution.


MUS 4981/6981 Links

Syllabus and Article Set One:

  • MUS 4981 Course Syllabus
  • A MIDI Primer
  • The MIDI Specification 1.0
  • Some Notes on a First Synthesizer
  • On Inspiration...
  • How much for just the MIDI?
  • A MIDI FAQ
  • MIDI and the Macintosh

    Article Set Two:

  • MIDI and Wavetable Synthesis
  • Electronic Music Interactive
  • A Brief History of Electronic Music Instruments
  • Synth Fool Archive Lots of photos of synths including Hans Zimmer's rigs!
  • Digital Audio A fine overview of digital sampling theory by Dr. Christopher Dobrian of UCI.
  • Electric Music Seminar MUS 115

    Assignments and Projects


    The Diagnostic Quiz is rather comprehensive and is intended for use in identifying those students who may be more advanced in their knowledge of MIDI and relevant applications. It may also be used as a guide to the FINAL EXAM for MUS 4970/6970.

  • Diagnostic Quiz
  • Question Set I
  • Guided Project One
  • Guided Project Two
  • Study Project on the WEB
  • Guided Project Three

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    MUS 4982/6982 Links

  • Course Syllabus
  • MAX Project One
  • MAX Project Two
  • MAX Project Three
  • MAX Final Exam 2001
  • Supplemental Reading on the Web

     

     



    Last updated on August 20, 2002