One is tempted to ask - is anyone actually teaching these topics, or it
is an entirely DIY course? :-)

Your question is somewhat all-encompassing - if you can start by
detailing the bits you don't know about, there are plenty of people on
this list who can help. But it is really for those teaching the course
to set an agenda, especially if you haven't done any Music Technology
before (surely they taught something on the BA course?). Have you done
any work with traditional analogue synthesizers (eg the Roland modular
system, or even something like a Juno 106)? Often, a good starting-point
with the digital stuff is to look at the pieces which imitate the
analogue stuff. So subtractive synthesis would be a good starting-point.
You can do a great deal in Csound without really getting into DSP, which
can be fearsomely difficult, even for techies!

Richard Dobson


Catherine Walsh wrote:
> 
> I've just begun an MA in Music Technology in Queen's University Belfast
> after doing a BA(Music).  One of the modules here in QUB is Sound
> Synthesis and Signal Processing Techniques, using Csound for additive
> and subtractive synthesis, FM and DSP procedures.  As a technological
> ignoramus, I would appreciate help on the above matters.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Catherine
> 
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