MUSS1113 Music and Multimedia Programming (5 cr)

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Study level:

Advanced studies

Grading scale:

0-5

Language:

English

Responsible organisation:

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Curriculum periods:

2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

This course focuses on programming within the Max 7 programming environment. Students explore and master the different functions and will learn how to write patches using MIDI, audio and video Max objects. Depending on the student’s goals for the course, the projects result in either an artistic venture (i.e. an interactive compositional multimedia system), or a software used for Musicology Research (i.e. an interface for collecting participant data within a music perception research study).

Completion methods

Lectures, demonstrations, Peer-review, self-reflection, weekly assignments, independent projects. More detailed information will be given in syllabus.

Assessment details

Active participation (at least 80 %) in lectures, passed assignments, peer-review, self-reflection and project.

Evaluation criteria will be given in the beginning of the course.

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire technical and aesthetic knowledge regarding the process of developing a multimedia environment for artistic and/or research purposes. At the end of the course, students are capable of authoring a independent project using the Max software. Student will learn how expressive controllers can be used with Max to create sound.

Completion methods

Method 1

Select all marked parts

Parts of the completion methods

Unpublished assessment item