Offered by:Music
Degree:Bachelor of Music
Program Requirement:
This Minor focuses on interdisciplinary topics in science and technology as applied to music. The goal of the program is to help prepare students for commercial jobs in the audio technology sector and/or for subsequent graduate research study. This Minor is designed to serve students who already have a good background in the sciences and prior experience with Math and Computer Science courses.
Applications will only be considered for fall admission. Late applications will not be accepted and no students will be admitted to the Minor in January. Registration will be limited to available lab space. Selection is based on previous experience in math, computer programming, and related sciences, expressed interest in the program, and Cumulative Grade Point Average. To apply, submit an online application through the Music website: www.mcgill.ca/music/programs/minor/mst.
Advising for the Minor is available from the Area Chair for the Music Technology program. Further information on this program is available on the Music Technology website at: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/musictech/programmes_and_admissions.
Required Courses (15 credits)
15 credits, select all of the following:
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MUMT 203
Introduction to Digital Audio
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: An introduction to digital audio and the technologies involved in its practical realization and use in computer music. Topics will include audio signals and systems, sampling & quantization, signal encoding, compression, transmission and storage, filters, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, digital audio effects, sound sampling and synthesis techniques.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Music Technology MST Minor or by permission of the instructor.
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MUMT 250
Music Perception and Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: Basic processes by which the brain transforms sound waves into musical events, dimensions, systems and structures and the processes by which musicians imagine new musical sounds and structures and plan movements that produce music on instruments.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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MUMT 306
Music & Audio Computing 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: Concepts, algorithms, data structures, and programming techniques for the development of music and audio software, ranging from musical instrument design to interactive music performance systems.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Previous digital audio and object-oriented programming experience.
- Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Music Technology MST Minor or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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MUMT 307
Music & Audio Computing 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: Theory and implementation of signal processing techniques for sound synthesis and audio effects processing using Matlab, C++, and Max/MSP.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: MUMT 306
- Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Music Technology MST Minor or by permission of the instructor.
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MUMT 501
Digital Aud. Signal Processing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: Discrete-time signal processing concepts and techniques. Discrete-time fourier transform and series, linear time-invariant systems, digital filtering, spectral
analysis of discrete-time signals, and the z-transform.
Offered by: Music Research
- Prerequisite: MUMT 307 and MATH 133 or equivalent
- Music students and students enrolled in the MST Minor will be given priority for this course
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits selected from:
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MUMT 502
Senior Proj:Music Technology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Technology: Independent senior project in Music Technology. Students will design and implement a medium-scale project in consultation with their advisor. Evaluation will be based on concept, background research, implementation, reliability, and documentation.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: MUMT 307 and Honours standing in Music Technology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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PHYS 224
Physics of Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An introduction to the physics of music. Properties of sound and their perception as pitch, loudness, and timbre. Dissonance, consonance, and musical intervals and tuning. Physics of sound propagation and reflection. Resonance. Acoustic properties of pipes, strings, bars, and membranes, and sound production in wind, string, and percussion instruments. The human voice. Room reverberation and acoustics. Directional characteristics of sound sources.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Designed for students in the Faculty of Music but suitable for students with an interest in music and its physical basis.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 225
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jack C Sankey (Childress)
