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Week #1
In
class on August 23
1. The semester ahead and the
syllabus.
2. Who you are. Your hopes, dreams, aspirations,
frustrations. Me too.
3. Introduction
to Audio from Media College
The
basics of sound theory, sound equipment and audio work.
4. Intro
to digital audio from Wikipedia
5. Forming groups
6. Explaining Audacity and Open Source
Assignments for the Next
Two Weeks
--- Each group will do a web search for an interesting and
inspiring web audio-only
documentary. When you have chosen one,
select 5-6 minutes of a clip (.mp3 format) to play in class on Thursday
Sept. 7 (our next class meeting). (Use Audacity to make your
short .mp3 file and bring it to class on a data CD or thumb drive.)
Each group will also present a short Powerpoint presentation and will
explain the
criteria used to determine why the group documentary example was the
best
found. This
project is worth 10 points.
--- Working together, each group will figure out the basics
of using Audacity.
Spend time learning set-up
on Windows machines, opening files, saving as .wav files,
rendering to .mp3, splitting files (Edit menu), using "normalize"
and fade-out. Check out this basic
tutorial and others on the web site
and try this
site about podcasting
using Audacity. Be prepared to
discuss what you learn in class when we meet next.
You can email me with questions.
--- Read Kern, Ch. 1 and Ch. 2
--- Read Digital
Media Primer Chapter
1. Background (text, .pdf, ~300
KB) revised 07-30-2007
Week #3
Assignments for Tuesday September 11
--- Re-Read Kern, Ch. 1 and Ch. 2
--- Read Digital
Media Primer Chapter 4. Fundamentals of Digital Audio
--- Bring
to class on Tues. Sept. 11 a print-out of one recent computer
technology story that you think the class should know about and share
it with us. Worth 5 points.
In
class on Thursday September 6
-- Group reports
-- Getting audio off the web or CD (Cdex software)
-- Using Audacity
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Quotables
Aaron
Copland
The whole
problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to
music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words
what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
Duke
Ellington
"I merely took
the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."
Elvis
Presley
"I don't know
anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Groucho
Marx
"Military
justice is to justice what military music is to music."
JimmyDurante
"I hate music,
especially when it's played."
Woody
Allen
"I can't
listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer
Poland."
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And
look at the following files for additional information