Learning Objective
Students will learn new software, techniques and technology so as to be able to integrate them in their compositions, productions and performances.

Course Description
This course divides into three parts:
1. spectral music
2. live electronics
3. algorithmic composition

In the part on 'spectral music', the following topics will be addressed: spectral analysis, spectral sound processing, psycho-acoustics and several methods to obtain musical material from sounds, transformation and sound synthesis. Furthermore, students gain insight in the acoustical properties of musical instruments and in the use of spectromorphology. The part on sound synthesis addresss modular synthesis, physical modelling, and sampling. 
Under the rubric of 'live electronics' fall such topics as digital signal processing techniques, spatialism, 'score following', the use of microphones, mixing consoles, speakers and controllers in combination with acoustical  instruments will be discussed. The last part of the course ('algorithmic composition') focuses on stochastic techniques, fractals, generative systems, and analysis-synthesis models. There will also be discussion of computer-aided composition and notation.