IGAME 2702 Digital Music Production
This course explores the fundamentals of digital music production. Creating and mixing digital music is a ubiquitous practice in the world of audio and music production, with skills applicable in the field of game audio as well as film, animation, and fine arts contexts. In this class, students will learn MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) concepts to create and mix music in a DAW (digital audio workstation). Through demos and creative projects, students will learn how to implement virtual instruments, mix music using signal processing, and interface MIDI controllers with software. Students are also introduced to synthesis principles for creating electronic sounds, basic rhythmic and tonal music theory, and introductory concepts of non-linear adaptive music.