MATH + MEDIA @ CCA.2003 Barney Haynes & Steve Hartzog /DEMOS/

Oct 22

The Record: Oct 15

steve:

demo, day 08 Equal Temperaments, Spectral Wave Density Sonifaction, and steve's in class versions of barney's demo

 

Oct 15

WRITE:

Submit TWO COPIES of a proposal for your major/final project on October 21.

READ:

previously assigned readings for discussion.

The Record: Oct 15

barney:

demo, day 07 video manipulations

 

Oct 08

READ:

Algorithmic Art - Graham Budgett UCSB Discuss: Oct. 21

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
GENERATIVE.NET - .
Mouse Brain - Georgia Institute of Technology :: News

The Record: Oct 08

barney:

demo, day 06 more matricies

 

Oct 01

GUEST:

David Karam, programmer, artist, designer, musician ...
http://www.posttool.com esp. > portfolio: exhibits: sfmoma award

defer:

other assignments until next week (see below)

The Record: Oct 01

david:

demo, day 05karam making music

 

Sept 24

READ:

JitterManual.pdf:
About Jitter
Matrices: What is a Matrix

DO:

Jitter Tutorials:
#2 Create a Matrix
#3 Math Operations on a Matrix

Experiment: Transform Number <--> Sound <--> Image

The Record: Sept 24

barney:

demo, day 04: Matricies

 

Sept 17

READ:

The Sonification Report from ICAD -> International Community for Auditory Display
Discuss: Oct. 1

BRING: List of Five (minimum) examples of Sonification
(for examples, see Data Exploration by Sonification )

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
Life Music: The Sonification of Proteins from Leonardo Online
The Scientific Sonification Project

DO:

Max Tutorials #14, 15, 17 , 19, 20, 21, and 22
in Max42TutorialsAndTopics.pdf
Ignore the MIDI stuff (better, attempt to work around it), unless you are interested.
DUE: Sept 24

The Record: Sept 17

steve:

True Equal Temperaments!
lecture links, day 03: Music (Integer Ratios = Harmony)

 

Sept 10

READ:

Digital Audio: How Digital Audio Works
in the MSP Documentation (MSP43.pdf)

Computer Music: Science and Technology of a New Art [.pdf]
Chapter 2: Waves

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
Tuning by Ratios: A Paper on Computer Music
(especially: part I - part IV)
ADVANCED:
The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
(especially, Chapter 3: ADC to DAC) [.pdf]

MAKE:

A Value Converter
e.g, see Max Tutorials #11, "Tutorial 11
Test 2—Temperature conversion"
DUE: Sept 17

   

Sept 03

READ:

WHY TEACH MATHEMATICS? by Paul Ernest

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE:
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AS A PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS

WRITE:

What is Math to You?
Write about your past and current experiences with the mathematical, both in school and, especially, outside of formal education, e.g., in the everyday, in your current art practice, " as seen on TV,"... Consider both simple concepts and the complex. Include diagrams, drawings, charts, graphs, songs, ... at will.
DUE: Sept 10

READ:

Start getting into MaxGettingStarted.pdf

Do:

Max Tutorials #1-10; see Max42TutorialsAndTopics.pdf
Ignore the MIDI stuff, unless you are interested.
DUE: Sept 10

The Record: Sept 03

steve:

lecture notes, day01

barney:

demo patches, day01

 



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