MUSIC 207
Final Project
Due December x IN CLASS (demos earlier)



In the Final Project, you will do research into issues of computers, technology and music or art. You can expand on a topic touched on in class, in the book, from the web, or something you happened to find out about. This means you have a very wide choice of topics. Since you have so much freedom with respect to the topic, take advantage of the opportunity, and pursue something you're really interested in.

There are two ways to submit your work:

1. You can work with one or two other people on this, and make a poster.
2. You can do a demo in class.

If you plan to do a demo in class, you must let me know early, so we can plan ahead and schedule everyone. If you do a demo, you can expect to write less text than for a poster, however in all cases I expect some written documentation of your work.

YOU MUST BE READY BY THE PENULTIMATE WEEK OF CLASSES. The idea is that demos and posters are not only for me to see -- they are for the entire class, which is really fun, but it only works if you are ready.

CLICK poster instructions FOR MORE INFO ABOUT POSTERS

Suggestions:
For demos—some aspect of acoustics or psychoacoustics, from the book, or from some other acoustics or psychoacoustics source in the library. Auditory illusions, harmonic singing (can you learn it in a few weeks?), a computer program that you wrote to produce specific waveforms, a circuit you made, like a distortion pedal for your guitar, a Theremin, a comparison of different compression techniques (mp3 for example).

For posters—tuning systems, reverberation, chaos, fractals, algorithmic composition, musical illusions, aliasing, neural nets and music, synaesthesia, visualization of music, etc.

Look here for a few ideas to chew on:

 

 

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