Postgraduate Course: Special Project: Musical Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing (MUSI11049)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Music | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This is an independent study course for MSc students, in the area of musical acoustics and/or audio signal processing. Topics of interest are: audio synthesis, physical models of musical instruments, audio effect design and emulation. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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First class information not currently available |  
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
An independent study project, allowing the student an exploration of aspects of audio and musical acoustics, including, but not limited to: 
 
musical acoustics of a particular instrument 
physical modeling, including programming in the Matlab environment 
audio effect design, including programming in the Matlab environment | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| final report, including, possibly Matlab code: 100% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Generally to be decided upon with student in first week of course. | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
To be arranged with CO. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | audio, sound synthesis, physical models | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Michael Newton 
Tel:  
Email: Michael.Newton@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Karen Bradley 
Tel: 0131 221 6085 
Email: k.bradley@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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