Electronic Music Material in PDF for Music Technology courses, Music Conservatories, and my online and offline lessons.

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

In these chapters we will give an overview of the physics of the sound event with all its characteristics. We will clarify the concepts of Frequency, Amplitude, and Phase of a wave and then talk about timbre and all its representations and facets.

Il Suono 1 Onda e Periodo
Il Suono 2 Frequenza
Il Suono 3 Ampiezza
Il Suono 4 Fase
Il Suono 5 Timbro
Suoni timbri strumenti
Scheda esempio timbro proprio strumento
Apparato Uditivo

Electroacoustic systems

This section will discuss electroacoustic systems and all the machines that make them up, particularly microphones, mixers, pickups, speakers, and cables. We will also deal with digital chains, thus talking about computers, sound cards, monitors, and the mechanisms underlying the transduction of the signal from analog to digital and vice versa.
Catena elettroacustica Analogica
Cavi – quiz
Cavi – spiegazione
Microfoni e Pickup
Catena Digitale
Campionamento

Composition/production

Here we will describe some electroacoustic composition techniques.
Composizione elettroacustica
Sequenza Mixata e Mashup
Composizione Algoritmica (esempi con Ableton Live)
Paesaggio sonoro soundscape

Sound synthesis

In this section, we will analyze the algorithms of the leading sound synthesis techniques with hints at the main hardware and software tools that use them. These are the techniques covered:
Additive Synthesis
Subtractive Synthesis
RM Synthesis
AM synthesis
FM Synthesis
Phase Distortion
Waveshaping
Physical models Synthesis
Granular Synthesis
Sample Synthesis
Wavetable Synthesis
Sintesi sonora

History of Electroacoustic Music

We will look at the history of electroacoustic music, starting with the first instruments for recording and reproducing sound, passing through the concrete music of the Paris school, the electronic music of the Cologne studio, and arriving at the Phonology studio of the RAI in Milan, which attempts to unite the two currents of thought. Finally, we will talk about digital music, new sound synthesis techniques, and spectralism up to the present day.
Storia 0 – I primi passi della musica elettronica
Storia 1 – Parigi
Tabella classificazione oggetto sonoro
Suoni classificati
De Natura Sonorum – Parmegiani
Storia 2 – Colonia
Analisi di Gesange der Junglinge – Stockhausen
Analisi di Concrete PH – Xenakis
Storia 3 – Milano
Storia 4 – USA, UK e Canada
Storia 5 – Computer Music
Storia 6 – Elettronica nella cultura pop

Sound processing

In this section, we will discuss the significant sound processing systems.
I Filtri
Delay
Processori di dinamica
Distorsori
Riverberi
Spazializzazione
Spatialization (English)

Communication protocols

We will address the main communication protocols that drive electronic instruments or effects: MIDI and OSC.
Protocolli di comunicazione

Introduction to Electronic music

This part will describe some setups that use technologies to record, process, and generate music. We will discuss basic concepts such as sound synthesis, sound processing, real-time and deferred time.
Lezione 0 Musica e Computer

Video and Multimedia

In this section we will look at the main approaches to multimedia:
Audiovisione