Music 109/209N | MAT 276N

Music 109/209N | MAT 276N
Special Topics in Electronic Music
Modular Synthesis
Spring 2017


Resources

Systems
Pittsburg Modular Foundation 2.0
CREATE Teaching Synthesizer 2017

Week 1
Switched-on Bach (1968)
Silver apples of the moon (1967)
ARP 2500 Owner's Manual

Week 2
Forbidden Planet (1956) by Louis and Bebe Barron
Touch (1968) by Morton Subotnick
Patchworks by Emma Lou Diemer (1980)

Week 3
Composing Electronic Music: Chapter 6
Modulude (2017) by Curtis Roads
Turenas by John Chowning

Week 4
Composing Electronic Music: Chapter 6
Ionisation (1931) by Edgard Varese
Quatermass by Tod Dockstader
Confield by Autechre
Subotnick Buchla bongos
Electronic Studies Number 1, 2, and 3 (1961-1965) by Mario Davidovsky

Week 5
Point Line Cloud by Curtis Roads
The Klangumwandler
Mid Term Projects

Week 6
Analog Computing (2013) by B. Ullmann
Video: Bright Sparks
Maths illustrated manual
Richard Devine, Creature (MakeNoise Shared System Series)
Video: I dream of wires
Sidewinder (1970) by Mort Subotnick with Liquid Light show by Tony Martin

Week 7
Yon Visell
Krell Music (from Forbidden Planet) by Louis and Bebe Barron (1956)
Video: Richard Devine on Vimeo

Week 8
Then (2015) by Curtis Roads
Demo: Berna 1950s electronic music studio emulation
Demo: Moog 15
Demo: Reaktor
Demo: EuroReakt
Demo: AAS Tassman
Demo: Arturia Modular V
Demo: Madrona Labs Aalto/Kaivo
Demo: Xils Lab XILS4 (EMS VCS 3 emulator)

Demo: u-he Bazille

Demo: u-he Satin Tape emulator plugin

Week 9
Xopher Davidson
Video: I dream of wires

Week 10
Final Projects


References
Holmes, T. 2012. Electronic and Experimental Music. 4th edition. London: Routledge

Links
Alessandro Cortini
Analog Notes
Muffwiggler Forum
Electro-music
Sonic State
Synthtopia
Modular Grid
Big City Music