Computer Music SCCP

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  • The SCCP in computer music surveys these areas:

    • Most of the courses that students take as computer science majors emphasize scientific discipline and the accumulation of "truth." This computer music SCCP includes such technically objective factors, but also encourages original, creative expression, subjectively motivated by aesthetics rather than "correctness." Unlike most other courses that try to converge on a "right answer" shared by everyone, artistic disciplines like computer music encourage originality, in which the best work is one that is like no one else's!

    Most of the coursework is reading articles and doing lab exercises involving a student-composed song. Both emphasize creative applications of music technology. No prior knowledge of music techniques is assumed. The SCCP surveys areas listed and provides students with the opportunity to explore some or all of them according to their own interests.

    It is important to exploit music and sound as a full partner in computer-human interfaces. To explore this potential we must explore audio analogs to visual modes of expression and also develop expressive models unique to audio. This SCCP fills a gap in the multimedia/human factors curriculum, simultaneously exploring issues in sound as well as computer tools available to manipulate sound and music.

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