This course concerns the study of computer music composition from a range of functional perspectives. Through the use of various audio applications, more sophisticated audio and composition concepts are introduced that allow for a combination of synthesis and signal processing techniques to be employed under real-time conditions. The principle objective of the course is to gain a familiarity with techniques and results that provide an advanced foundation for work in the next semester course.

Assessment is by a series of assignments, and a final presentation of the major project to the Viva examination panel.
Assignments (50%), Major Project (50%)

All sessions take place in a computer laboratory:

3 hours of seminar / studio practice per week

Students are expected to do at least an extra 4 - 6 hours of independent studio practice each week

• Roads, Curtis. The Computer Music Tutorial, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1996.  
• Emmerson, Simon (ed). The Language of Electroacoustic Music, MacMillan Press, 1986.  
• Cottle, David. Computer Music with Examples in Collider 3, 2005 (Online)
• More extensive reading list available - refer to lecturer