Cs4803/8803c Spring 2003: Computer Audio
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Instructor: Maribeth Gandy
Location: GCATT (the big building on 14th Street), Floor M, Office M21
(Note that people with valid GT permits can park in the parking deck for
free, you will need a buzz card to be allowed into the building)
Contact Info: Office (404)894-7594
maribeth@imtc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Mon 10-11, in my office at GCATT
(but feel free to contact me to set up an appointment at other
times or locations)
Class Meeting Times: MWF 3-4, CCB 102
Description:
In the past, audio has been relatively ignored by user interface experts, multimedia designers, game developers, and researchers. However, with the advent of powerful consumer level audio hardware and with users expecting increasingly sophisticated, immersive, and usable software the field of computer audio has become very important. This course will span the spectrum of the field to provide a survey of computer audio that will be useful to students in computer science, HCI, information design, and psychology. We will begin the course at the low level, covering how people hear, as well as how sound can be represented, synthesized, processed, and spatialized. We will then progress to examining current research in audio including its uses in interfaces, virtual environments, gaming, and film. Homework assignments will allow students to experiment with sound and gain expertise in the areas mentioned above. There will also be a large group project tailored to the interests and experience of the group members.
Grading:
- Homeworks (15%)
- Group Project (40%)
- Project Proposal (10%)
- Progress Report (10%)
- Final Report (20%)
- Report ( 5%)
- Midterm (20%), February 28, 2003
- Final (20%), 11:30 - 2:20, April 29, 2002
Late Policy
if a homework or project assignment is late there is a letter grade penalty for each day that it is late.
for example, if the project is late by:
1 min to 24 hours- 10 points are subtracted from the project grade
24 hours to 48 hours- 20 points are subtracted from the project grade
etc.
Textbooks:
Due to the nature of the course, there will not be a required text. Most readings will come from journals, conference proceedings etc. However, there are many good books that can be used as reference or further study, these include
- Principles of Digital Audio, Ken C. Pohlmann
- The Computer Music Tutorial, Curtis Roads
- Discrete Time Signal Processing, Oppenheim, Schafer
- The CSOUND Book, Richard Boulanger
- The Complete Guide to High-End Audio, Robert Harley
- 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia, Durand R. Begault
- Digital Audio Processing, Doug Coulter
Important Dates (Draft, subject to change)
Jan 27 - Start selecting groups for Group Project
Feb 17,19 - Group Project Proposal presentations
Feb 21 - submission of Group Project written proposal.
Feb 28 - Midterm Exam
March 21 - Group Project Progress Report due.
April 16,21,23,25- Group Project Final Presentation and Report due.
April 29 - Final Exam, 11:30 - 2:20
Past Semester Pages
Spring 2002
Schedule and Lectures
1/06/2003 - Introduction
1/08/2003 - History of Audio History of Audio_web.ppt
1/10/2003 - Physics of Sound and Human Perception SoundPhysics_web.ppt
1/13/2003 - Physics of Sound and Human Perception SoundPerception_web.ppt
1/15/2003 - Physics of Sound and Human Perception SoundPerception2_web.ppt
1/17/2003 - NO CLASS
1/20/2003 - MLK Holiday
1/22/2003 - Physics of Sound and Human Perception Localization_Speech_web.ppt
1/24/2003 - Reports Audio Illusions Sounds of Animals
1/27/2003 - Group Project discussion, organization, group selection
1/29/2003 - Digital Audio Digital Audio_web.ppt
1/31/2003 - Reports Perceptual Audio Encoding Cochlear Implants.ppt
2/03/2003 - Digital Audio Digital Audio2_web.ppt
2/05/2003 - Intro to Synthesis Sound Synthesis web.ppt, HW #1 assigned
2/07/2003 - Reports Audio Programming Resources,Subliminal.zip, theremin.zip
2/10/2003 - Synthesis Techniques Synthesis Techniques web.ppt
2/12/2003 - Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing web.ppt
2/14/2003 - Reports, speechrecognition.ppt Csound.ppt
2/17/2003 - Group Project Proposal presentations
2/19/2003 - Group Project Proposal presentations, HW #1 due
2/21/2003 - Group Project Proposals written proposal due before 3pm
2/24/2003 - Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing2 web.ppt
2/26/2003 - Midterm Review Reports, HW #2 assigned, Moog.ppt
2/28/2003 - Midterm Exam
3/03/2003 - Spring Break
3/05/2003 - Spring Break
3/07/2003 - Spring Break
3/10/2003 - Return and Review Midterm Exam
3/12/2003 - Audio in Film Audio in Film web.ppt, intermediate HW #2 due
3/14/2003 - Audio in Film
3/17/2003 - NO CLASS
3/19/2003 - Guest Speaker, Graham Coleman, "Realtime Music Synthesis", HW#2 due
3/21/2003 - Reports, end of Audio in Film Self-Similarity
3/22/2003 - Group Project Progress Reports due before 3pm
3/24/2003 - Auditory Interfaces Auditory Interfaces web.ppt
3/26/2003 - Audio-only Interfaces Audio-only Interfaces web.ppt, HW #3 assigned
3/28/2003 - Audio in Wearable Computing
Audio in Wearable Computing web.ppt
3/31/2003 - Audio in Augmented Reality Audio in Augmented Reality web.ppt
4/02/2003 - Reports
4/04/2003 - Reports (AudioSpotlight.ppt, Foley Effects.ppt, Muscial Input Devices Report)
4/07/2003 - Audio in Virtual Reality Audio in Virtual Reality web.ppt
4/09/2003 - Sonification Sonification web.ppt
4/11/2003 - Reports(babble.ppt, Earcons.ppt, Listen Reader.ppt)
4/14/2003 - Sonification, HW #3 due
4/16/2003 - Exam Review, Movie soundtrack viewing
4/18/2003 - Group Project Presentations
4/21/2003 - Group Project Presentations, written report due
4/23/2003 - Group Project Presentations
4/25/2003 - Group Project Presentations
4/29/2003 - Final Exam, 11:30-2:20
Sonification web.ppt