Composition, Composers’ Section, Cross-Disciplinary Common Characteristics, Real-Time and other Performance Technology, Technology in Pop/Rock Music. The text Sound in Space includes a program for reverb, based on room simulation, where the students can move walls and ceiling to change parameters. All tutorial texts contain hyperlinks to short explanations, illustrations, sound examples, etc. All signal processing programs are supported by help files, where one can view examples that call up the program as well as show the parameters that have been used in each specific example. The parameters are also available for the users to experiment with in this mode. A demo consists of a short musical composition (approx. 2.5 minutes), with texts describing the composition and all sound material, as well as a detailed description of all the processing that has been done. The music has been executed using solely those programs found on the CD-ROM, and the tutorial text contains hyperlinks that call up the discussed sounds and programs, and the parameter settings that were actually used to create the sounds. The users can also change the parameter values in this mode to reassure themselves that they have understood the points made in the text, or to explore other approaches. The music also exists as a mix file with all the sounds in it. The mix file can be changed, just like any other file, allowing students to learn through deconstruction or to just have fun with it. Finally, there is computer music animation, where the viewer follows the movement through the spectra that comprise the piece as it is being played. The CD-ROM contains Internet links to contact addresses and NoTAM’s website, which is loaded with cool sounding material, ideas for classroom projects, |
