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Sound: Physical Models and Analysis/Re-synthesis

Course
2016-2017

Description

The central topic of this course is the liaison that perception has with the spectral and physical representations of a sound. A sound can be analysed and exactly resynthesised from its spectrum with the so-called Fourier Model, which presents a series of interesting and characteristic processing options. The sound qualities that come out of this model do not necessarily represent the familiar physicality that perception expects from acoustical sounds. The predisposition of perception to listen for those acoustical markers that define a sound production mechanism triggered an interest in a different synthesis technique called Physical Modelling. Here, vibrating masses coupled together by springs that undergo frictional forces are the modelled abstractions, which can be implemented in real-time too.

Date, time and location

First and second semester 2016-2017.

Mondays from 13:00 - 15:00 hrs.
First class on Wednesday 21 September 2016.
Final class on Wednesday 21 June 2017.
PLEASE NOTE: no classes on: 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 28 December 2016, and 4 January, 1 March, 8 March and 15 March, and 19 April 2017!

Location:
Room BEA7, Royal Conservatoire, Juliana van Stolberglaan 1, 2595 CA Den Haag, 070 315 15 15

Registration

Register for this course via uSis.

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