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1. Welcome Introductions Hopes and Fears The Module Assignments What Happens Next TA212 The Technology of Music

2. Hopes and Fears TA212 is both “Arts” and “Technology” What brings you out in a cold sweat? TA212 The Technology of Music

3. You should have... Home Experiment Kit recorder, microphone, headphones 3 cardboard tubes, 1 drinking straw!!! First Mailing Block 1, Companion to Block 1 1 CD ROM 2 Audio CDs TA212 The Technology of Music

4. Module Website week by week activities TA212 The Technology of Music

5. Module Website news TA212 The Technology of Music

6. Module Website download your assignments TA212 The Technology of Music

7. Module Website conferences TA212 The Technology of Music

8. Module Website Searchable electronic versions of course material (pdf) News Study Calendar Conferences Assignments assignments are not provided in hard copy. TA212 The Technology of Music

9. Steve’s TA212 Web Site TA212 The Technology of Music

10. The Module Five Blocks: Prelude Investigating Sound (what is sound?) Musical Instruments (how is sound made?) Sound Processes (how is sound manipulated?) Project TA212 The Technology of Music

11. Block 1: Prelude Making Sense of Music Listening to Music Maths for Music This block is designed to bring everyone up to the same basic level in both Music Theory and Maths. TA212 The Technology of Music

12. Block 2: Investigating Sound Sound Basics waves, frequency, wavelength Sound Shape and Colour timbre, temperament Sound and Time more music theory Sound and Space reverberation Sound and the Listener listening, perception Sound Capture and Recapture microphones, amplifiers TA212 The Technology of Music

13. Waves Sinusoidal Pressure Waves Frequency How many times per second Amplitude How big pressure wavelength TA212 The Technology of Music

14. The Octave Double the frequency Notes an octave apart have the same name TA212 The Technology of Music

15. Decibel Examples (SPL) Threshold of pain 130 dB Bass drum roll 106 dB Violin at player’s ear 85 dB Piano practice 70 dB Domestic Living Room 40 dB Empty Concert Hall 20 dB Threshold of Hearing 0 dB Investigating Sound -1, Page 45 TA212 The Technology of Music

16. Harmonics Modes of Vibration Harmonic Series frequencies: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500... Pitches Most higher harmonics are out of tune! TA212 The Technology of Music

17. Reverberation Many Paths Long paths have more reflections take longer to arrive are are quieter when they arrive TA212 The Technology of Music

18. The Human Ear Outer ear Collects sound Middle ear Impedance Coupling Acoustic Reflex Inner Ear Detects sound Outer Ear Middle Ear Inner Ear TA212 The Technology of Music

19. Impedance Matching Impedance Property of all electronic circuits Get it wrong and you get distortion low  high high low  very high high low high Pre-amplifier TA212 The Technology of Music

20. Audition TA212 The Technology of Music

21. Audition TA212 The Technology of Music

22. Block 3: Musical Instruments What is a Musical Instrument Making sound strings, pipes, pitch Families of Instruments orchestral, electronic, voice How do Instruments Work? TA212 The Technology of Music

23. String Harmonics Many different standing waves The sounds they produce are the harmonics of the string. TA212 The Technology of Music

24. Wind Harmonics open pipe stopped pipe NOTE: A conical pipe (such as an oboe) behaves like a pipe open at both ends TA212 The Technology of Music

25. Cristofori Action TA212 The Technology of Music

26. Vowels Shape of the vocal tract Each shape emphasises different frequencies The frequencies which are emphasised are called Formants TA212 The Technology of Music

27. Electromagnetic Induction Given any two, the third is produced electricity + magnetism = motion (electric motor) magnetism + motion = electricity (generator) electricity magnetism motion TA212 The Technology of Music

28. Block 4: Sound Processes Desktop sound studio on your desktop Notation history, music printing Recording mechanical music, MIDI The Industry creating a recording, media, copy protection etc. TA212 The Technology of Music

29. WAV File “RIFF” 4 bytes Size 4 bytes “WAVE” Format Chunk Data Chunk Size bytes TA212 The Technology of Music

30. MIDI Connections MIDI In MIDI Thru Synthesiser “local off” switch MIDI Out TA212 The Technology of Music

31. Media Bandwidth Telephone 3.4 kHz FM Radio 15 kHz CD 20 kHz MiniDisc 20 kHz but is always compressed! TA212 The Technology of Music

32. Cubase TA212 The Technology of Music

33. Block 5: EMA (The Project) Part 1: An essay about a musical instrument Includes research outside the course material and analysis of the sound of the instrument using the course software. Refer to Block 3 for the kind of information expected Choose an “acoustic” instrument. Part 2: Desktop Sound This may include creating sound samples and using them to realise a few bars of music presented as a score. TA212 The Technology of Music

34. Assignments Submitted and returned electronically TMA00 optional used to prove that you have managed to connect into the eTMA system correctly 6 TMAs (Tutor Marked Assignments) EMA (End of Module Assessment) There is NO EXAM!! TA212 The Technology of Music

35. TMAs TMA01 (20%) - Block 1 TMA02 (15%) - Block 2 part 1 & Audition part 1 TMA03 (15%) - Block 2 part 2 & Audition part 2 TMA04 (15%) - Block 3 part 1 TMA05 (15%) - Block 3 part 2 TMA06 (20%) - Block 4 TA212 The Technology of Music

36. Substitution Substitution does not apply to this module If you fail to submit a TMA, you will get zero marks for that TMA. TA212 The Technology of Music

37. To Pass... 40% overall for the TMAs 40% for the EMA (the project) TA212 The Technology of Music

38. What Happens Next? Visit the Module Conference Read TMA01 so you know what to look for in the course text Form a study group to meet at a local pub to complain to each other about your tutor TA212 The Technology of Music