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Course DescriptionsZ 361 / K 361 Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music, 3 credits N 546 Symbolic Music Information Processing (3 cr.). P: Major, minor, or outside area standing in Music Informatics or Music Information Technology. Methodology and applications to algorithmically annotate, understand, recognize, and categorize music in symbolic form. (Meets with INFO-I 546.) N 547 Audio Music Information Processing (3 cr.). P: Major, minor, or outside area standing in Music Informatics or Music Information Technology. Music analysis and processing problems using sampled audio as the primary data representation. Digital signal processing, including filtering and its relationship to Fourier techniques; synthesis, effects processing, score following, and blind music recognition; and accompaniment systems. (Meets with INFO-I 547.) N 560 Introduction to Music Informatics, 3 cr. P: Major, minor, or cognate standing in Music Informatics or Music Information Technology. An overview of history, issues, and applications in music information technology. Survey of various types of musical information. Introduction to digital media, especially those related to music, including analog and digital data standards and processing, database structure and the organization of audio-, score-, and textfile objects, and discussion of copyright issues. N 561 MIDI and Computer Music, 3 cr. P: Graduate standing. Designed to teach musicians the basic of the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) system, its software, and the instruments commonly used with desktop MIDI workstations, such as synthesizers and digital samplers. The course includes in-depth study of MIDI sequencing, principles of digital audio and editing, as well as hands-on experience learning the architecture of state-of-the art electronic instruments. A final project comprised of a MIDI sequence and final paper on a computer music topic is required. N 562 Computer Music: Design/Perform, 3 cr. Projects in fixed-media computer music composition (with and without video) and live electronic music performance. Field recording, audio editing, sampling, effects processing, mixing, mastering, video synchronization, methods of synthesis, virtual instrument design, real-time hardware control of audio, live video processing. Prerequisite: Z361/K361/N561 or equivalent experience and permission of instructor N 563 Developing Computer-Based Music Instruction, 3 cr. P: Major, minor, or cognate standing in Music Informatics or Music Information Technology. Overview of the instructional design process, learning theories, and user-interface design as they relate to computer-based music learning. Issues relating to the design and delivery of instructional music software, including both standalone (CD-ROM) and network-based (WWW) delivery. Survey of available authoring tools. Reading and completion of a major project. N 564 Music Information Representation, Search, and Retrieval, 3 cr. P: Major, minor, or cognate standing in Music Informatics or Music Information Technology. A comprehensive, comparative survey of computer-based representation schemes for music, including those oriented toward music notation, music performance, and music analysis. Overview of musical metadata. Techniques and tools for search and retrieval of musical information. N 568 Topics in Music Information Technology (3 cr.) P: Permission of instructor. May be repeated for different topics. N 569 Independent Research in Music Information Technology, 3 cr. P: Admission to the Music Information Technology program. Independent research in music information technology. Enrollment determined in consultation with individual faculty members in the Music Information Technology program. MIT Centers and Projects at IU
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