Labs

WEEK # LAB SESSIONS
1 None
Module 1: musique concrète, form and content
2 Lab 1.1: basic studio technique (PDF)
3 Lab 1.2: Pro Tools editing (PDF)
4 Lab 1.3: more Pro Tools editing (PDF)
Module 2: feedback and continuity
5 Lab 2.1: speaker-mic feedback; outboard processing such as filters, delay, EQ, Aural Exciter (PDF)
6 Lab 2.2: Pro Tools busses, internal feedback loops, delay and reverb inserts; Pro Tools tricks (PDF)
Module 3: noise and layers
7 Lab 3.1: introduction to Peak (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
8 Lab 3.2: recording using Peak; Peak plug-ins; SuperFreq-10; SoundSoap; other noise reduction techniques (PDF - 1.8 MB) (Courtesy of Bias, Inc. Used with permission.)
9 Lab 3.3: other Pro Tools inserts; automating inserts; dynamics; Peak to Pro Tools and vice versa (PDF)
Module 4: synthesis, algorithm, interaction (Max/MSP)
10 Lab 4.1: basic Max/MSP (PDF)
11 Lab 4.2: more Max/MSP; review assignment 4.1 (PDF)
12 Lab 4.3: no class
13 Lab 4.4: more Max/MSP, with emphasis on finishing final Max projects (PDF)
Module 5: sampling, remixing, polishing
14 Lab 5.1: listening to module 5 pieces, explain assignment 5.1
15 Concert