For your convenience, the course notes are provided in two formats:
- One file (chapter) per class session, in the table below; plus these files
- All notes in single file, 219 pages (PDF - 7.1MB)
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations: Live Electronics | (PDF - 1.5MB) |
| 2 | Foundations: Sounds, Signals, Samples, and Encodings Pd Tutorial 1 | (PDF) |
| 3 | Foundations: Envelopes, Filters, Modulation, and Mixing Pd Tutorial 2 | (PDF) |
| 4 | Foundations: Managing Events, Signals, and Data Pd Tutorial 3 | (PDF) |
| 5 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 6 | Foundations: Processing and Transforming Sounds Pd Tutorial 4 | (PDF) |
| 7 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 8 | Practices: The Early History of Live Electronics | (PDF) |
| 9 | Practices: Extending Common Physical Controllers | (PDF) |
| 10 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 11 | Practices: Touch Interfaces and OpenSoundControl | (PDF) |
| 12 | Practices: Laptops and Laptop Orchestras | (PDF) |
| 13 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 14 | Practices: Analog Electronics and Circuit Bending | (PDF) |
| 15 | Practices: Electronics and Sensors | (PDF) |
| 16 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 17 | Practices: Approaches to Composing Improvisations | (PDF - 1.2MB) |
| 18 | Practices: Timing and Networking | (PDF) |
| 19 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 20 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 21 | Practices: Novel and Custom Interfaces | (PDF) |
| 22 | Workshop: Performance and Improvisation | (PDF) |
| 23 | Practices: Live Coding, Live Algorithms, and Generative Techniques | (PDF) |
| 24 | Class concert performance See assignments page for video & audio recordings | (PDF) |