Assignments and Reading Schedule
Day Topics Lab
Week 1, read Chapter 1
2.2-Tues introduction, tools, goals / complex numbers 1. Building a Comb Filter and Using it
2/4-Thur ein, einwrap / phasors, beat frequencies "
Week 2, read Chapters 2, 3
2/9-Tues ... / wave equation, strings "
2/11-Thur ... / sampling, quantizing "
Week 3, read Chapter 4
2/16-Tues Student reports due (1), discussion 2. Using Filters
2/18-Thur ... / delay as an operator, frequency response "
Week 4, read Chapter 5
2/23-Tues ... / resons (digital resonators) "
2/25-Thur ... / a lowpass filter, plucked-string filter "
Week 5, read Chapter 6
3/2-Tues Student reports due (2), discussion 3. Tuning and Using Plucked-String Filters
3/4-Thur ... / allpass filters, tuning "
Week 6, read Chapter 7
3/9-Tues reverb; temperament of scales
First project topic due, discussion
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3/11-Thur algorithmic composition; Fourier series "
Midterm Break
Week 7, read Chapter 8
3/23-Tues Student reports due (3), discussion
if time: pulse trains and buzz generators
4. speech, LPC
3/25-Thur speech modeling, LPC "
Week 8, read Chapter 9
3/30-Tue first project due, discussion "
4/1-Thu spatial: hole-in-the-middle, Doppler.
filter design, algorithms
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Week 9, read Chapter 10
4/6-Tues Student reports due (4), discussion
filter demo, DFT if time
5. filters, phase vocoder
(three weeks)
4/8-Thu DFT, FFT, windows and practical spectrum analysis "
Week 10, read Chapter 11
4/13-Tues second project topic due, discussion
phase vocoder
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4/15-Thu phase vocoder "
Week 11, read Chapter 12, 13
4/20-Tues superstrum "
4/22-Thu AM, FM synthesis "
Week 12, read Chapter 14
4/27-Tues Student reports due (5), discussion work on final project
4/29-Thu ... work on final project
Reading Period
second project reports and presentations due end of reading period