The course lecture notes are presented, one chapter per session, in the table below.
The following two files can be added to the individual chapters to produce a complete set of notes.
The complete set of notes is compiled here as a single large file for ease of downloading (PDF - 11.8MB).
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations: Algorithmic and generative music systems | (PDF) |
| 2 | Foundations: Musical parameters, mappings, and tools | (PDF) |
| 3 | Approaches: Distributions and stochastics | (PDF) |
| 4 | Foundations: Historical and categorical perspectives | (PDF) |
| 5 | History: Serialism, loops, tiling, and phasing | (PDF) |
| 6 | Workshop | (PDF) |
| 7 | History: Michele Gottfried Koenig | (PDF) |
| 8 | Approaches: Permutations, generators, and chaos | (PDF) |
| 9 | History: Lejaren Hiller | (PDF) |
| 10 | Approaches: Probability and Markov chains | (PDF - 1.3MB) |
| 11 | Workshop | (PDF) |
| 12 | History: Iannis Xenakis | (PDF) |
| 13 | Approaches: Non-standard synthesis | (PDF) |
| 14 | Approaches: Granular and concatenative synthesis | (PDF) |
| 15 | Approaches: Mapping, sonification, and data bending | (PDF) |
| 16 | Workshop | (PDF) |
| 17 | Approaches: Cellular automata | (PDF) |
| 18 | Approaches: Genetic algorithms | (PDF) |
| 19 | Approaches: Grammars and L-Systems | (PDF) |
| 20 | History: Mechanical musical automata | (PDF - 2.9MB) |
| 21 | Workshop | (PDF) |
| 22 | Approaches: Agents and ecological models | (PDF) |
| 23 | Approaches: Expert systems and style emulation | (PDF) |
| 24 | Discussion: Aesthetics and evaluations | (PDF) |
| 25 - 26 | Sonic system project presentations | (PDF) |