General Points re: EAMT 205 Tutorial Outline

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General Points re EAMT 205 Tutorial Outline

• My e-mail
• mikep_at_alcor.concordia.ca
• Consult the class web page for documents,
  assignment explanations, course notes, and other
  info pertaining to the EAMT 205 tutorials
• http//alcor.concordia.ca/mikep/eamt205
• The tutorial schedule as well as the 1st
  semester portfolio assignment are already posted
  there, as will some of the Powerpoint
  presentations I use in class
• Help is given in tutorials for two assignments
  in the lecture portion of the course
• Listening assignment
• Concert report assignment
• These assignments are marked by the lecture
  professor
• For the tutorial grade, participation in the
  form of in-class playing discussion of work and
  in-class presentations is vital, as is
  attendance.

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RF-301 (Studio 1) Permanent Times
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KEY FORMS!!! FILL OUT AND DELIVER TO RF-104
(TECHNICIANS OFFICE) (LEAVE UNDER DOOR IF HES
NOT THERE) OR DELIVER TO MAILROOM,
RF-327 DOMINIQUE COTE -TECHNICIANS MAILBOX (TO
LEFT OF ROOM) IVE LEFT COPIES IN MY MAILBOX
(MICHAEL PINSONNEAULT, CENTER OF MAILROOM BY
PRINTER) FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP IF NECESSARY
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Technical / Software Dimension of EAMT 205

• Acknowledge that experience in sound editing
  sound montage software is more and more common
• No particular software editor, sequencer, etc. is
  therefore absolutely required in the course
• HOWEVER, for those who do not have access to
  their own audio editing montage software, and
  to facilitate communication between students
  professor in composition techniques workshops,
  basic instruction is given in Peak and Soundmaker
  (advanced audio editor-processors) as well as
  Deck (audio montage editor) to provide useful
  necessary tools for composition and consultations
  (Weeks 3, 5 8 in MacLab).
• Who has laptops with audio software? Please
  bring these to the digital techniques workshops.

• All other equipment in the first year studios
  (RF-301, RF-103, MIDI) is covered in demos and
  instructional documents over the year.

Technical assistance is available all year on an
ad hoc basis from the Music Departments studio
assistant, Colin de la Plante. Contact him to
set up a time, preferably in small groups,
at moleofsoul_at_yahoo.ca
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Spectrum
Analysis sonogram/spectrograms
Musical example excerpts from Debussy, Prélude à
laprès-midi dun faune
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Spectrum analysis (sonogram/spectrograms)
20kHz
10kHz
5kHz
1kHz
500Hz
200Hz
20Hz
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EA example
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Spectrum analysis (sonogram/spectrograms)
Everyone should have their own (or have access
to) Sonogram/Spectrogram software FREE option
Sonic Visualizer (cross-platform download from
www.sonicvisualizer.org)
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Spectrum analysis (sonogram/spectrograms)
Everyone must have their own (or have access to)
Sonogram/Spectrogram software FREE option
Sonic Visualizer (cross-platform download from
sonicvisualizer.com
Small learning curve - only learn necessary
commands / menus, e.g.

• Other options
• - MAC Amadeus II or Amadeus PRO
• includes audio editor (PRO is multitrack) as
  well as sonogram analysis as little as 30 U.S.
• PC several shareware, freeware and inexpensive
  possibilities
• input search words spectral analysis software
  or spectrogram software

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Amplitude and loudness
The vertical axis of an oscillogram represents
the amplitude or force of the pressure wave
(Beginning / earlier part of sound)
(End / later part of sound)
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Amplitude and loudness
EA example
Musical example excerpts from Ravel, Boléro
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4
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Frequency - pitched unpitched sounds
Certain sounds, like the notes produced by
musical instruments, have what is referred to as
pitch Pitches are more neatly organized compared
to other sounds, consisting of stable frequencies
that reinforce one another because of being
mathematically related in a simple way. Again, a
zoomed-out oscillogram does not tell us whether a
sound is pitched or unpitched
All we know is that the first sound has sharp
attack, andthen a consistent decay
and that the second sound has several peaks
before decaying
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Frequency - pitched unpitched sounds
But a look at the sonograms for the two sounds
immediately reveals which is a stable, organized
pitch, and which isnt