MUST 2431 — Computer Music Fundamentals

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ADNUpath FQusually offered: fall, springBostonTraditional

Focuses on the creation and implementation of standard time-domain audio synthesis routines and effects, as well as standard frequency-domain processing routines. MaxMSP is the principal programming environment used in the course. Begins with programming protocols, as well as data structures and storage, and list processing in the MaxMSP environment before moving on to standard synthesis and audio processing routines. Examines how the techniques learned in the course can be applied using a variety of synthesis and spectral processing software applications that are standard in the field.

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Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20232273871%5.5
Spring 20241111958%8.0
Fall 20242223858%8.0
Spring 20252213070%4.5
Fall 20251131968%6.0
Spring 20261171989%2.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 24% · T 43% · W 40% · Th 9% · F 43%

Common patterns: TF (43% of sections), W (23% of sections), MW (16% of sections), R (9% of sections), M (8% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

MUST 3300, MUST 3310, MUST 3601, MUST 3602, MUST 3603, MUST 4610, MUST 5510, MUST 5520

Courses that list MUST 2431 in their prerequisites.

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