Course Schedule
Week 1 (Sept 5) - Intro + signal types + Connectors + bal vs unbal
• Signal Levels and Connectors
• Signal Connections
• Stage Layout PDF
• dB handout
Week 2 (Sept 12) — Analog Mixers 1: Connections, ins, channel strips, outs, aux sends, buses
**Assignment 1 Due - Reading and Listening
Week 3 (Sept 19) — Analog Mixers 2: mixing, EQ, FX,
**Assignment 2 Due - Basic Connections
• Analog Mixer Connection Points
Week 4 (Sept 26) — Analog Mixers 3: direct outs, inserts, CTL room, No Input Mixing
**Assignment 3 Due - Song Mixes
Week 5 (Oct 3) — Analog Mixers 4: No Input Mixing review; Synth 1 - Basic Notions
**Assignment 4 Due - Mixer as Instrument and Listening/Watching
Week 6 (Oct 10) — Synth 2 - Moog Grandmother
Week 7 (Oct 17) — Transduction: Speaker and Transducers
**Assignment 5 Due - Moog
Spatialization Slides PDF
Week 8 (Oct 24) — Synth 3 - Modular Intro
**Assignment 6 Due - Transducers
Synthesis Notes
Week 9 (Oct 31) — Synth 4 - Modular: Drums + Sequencing (SQ-1)
**Assignment 7 Due - Modular Intro
Week 10 (Nov 7) — Synth 5 - Modular: Generative (Pam's Pro)
**Assignment 8 Due - Modular Drums
Week 11 (Nov 14) — Synth 6 - Mini-Freak + Synching Synths
**Assignment 9 Due - Modular Generative
**Assignment 9b - PAMs (optional)
*** Link to VCV Rack (optional), see email for login info.
Week 12 (Nov 21) - Individual Meetings
****MAKE SURE THE LOGIC RECORDINGS OF ASSIGNMENTS 5 (MOOG), 7 (Modular Intro), 8 (Modular Drum), 9 (Modular Generative), and 10 (Synth Syncing) are in your student folder*** We will be going over them in the individual meeting******
**Assignment 10 Due - Pamela's Melody and All Synth Synching
Week 13 (Nov 28) - NO CLASS: Thanksgiving
Week 14 (Dec 5) - Discussion on Live Processing
Week 15 (Dec 12) - Discussion on Live Processing (cont.)
Dec 17th, 11:59pm Final Synth projects due -