Computer Music Finals

December 18th, 2010

It’s that time of year again. Yes, it is the holidays. BUT…it is also time for final projects from my Digital Arts students. The Fall 2010 crop of students in DIGA 461 Computer Music did a fantastic job exploring algorithmic composition via Max/MSP in their fourth and final project. They produced some creative projects and […]

Senior Research: Eric Baum

December 11th, 2010

Eric Baum recently completed his senior research project for a BA in Digital Arts – Sound.  He decided to design and build a combination electric and bass guitar that he then enhanced with a variety of sensors.  He used the Teabox from Electrotap to manage his sensor connections and built a Max/MSP patch to allow […]

Charlatan Interview

November 1st, 2010

On October 13, I received a random phone call in my office from Wyatt Danowski.  It seems he was looking for an expert in electronic music history and found me after some Google searching.  There was an upcoming electronic music festival in his region of Ottawa, Canada and he was writing a piece for his […]

MPG Carepackage

April 13th, 2010

SEAMUS 2010 @ St. Cloud State University in Minnesota I just returned from several days at the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States National Conference.  In addition to hearing loads of new music, I gave a presentation on the MPG Carepackage.  This continues my efforts to get more people using this collection of […]

Computer Music Finals

December 17th, 2009

Final projects by Digital Arts students came rolling in last week at Stetson University.  The videos below are by students in the Fall 2009 version of my course DIGA 461 Computer Music, where undergraduate students learn to use Max/MSP as a platform for exploring sound synthesis, audio processing and algorithmic composition.  They are required to […]

Computer Music Finals

December 15th, 2008

During Fall 2008, I required my Computer Music students to submit a YouTube video documenting their final projects for the first time.  The course teaches students to use Max/MSP as a platform for studying fundamental computer music techniques.  Having them produce videos was a bit of an experiment, but the final results made it a success. […]