## Feb 6 (Thu) - **Introduction to the Course** - Introduction of participants - Discussion about each other's interests --- ## Feb 11 (Tue) / Feb 13 (Thu) ### 1. Reverberation and Delay - **The Difference and Similarities between Reverberation and Delay** - **Delay Uses:** - Echo effect - Distributed sound systems (large spaces with different loudspeaker clusters) - **Reverb Chamber:** - A highly live sound room with a speaker (input) and mic (output) - May experience various noise issues, but produces a very natural sound - Known for its luxurious reverb quality - **Duct-Type Reverbs:** - Speaker → Pipe/Tube → Mic - **Spring-Type Reverbs:** - Transducer → Metal Coils/Springs (in parallel) → Transducer - May produce metallic glitch sounds; to fix, reduce gain or insert compression - The spring may also be excited directly by another source, like a speaker - **Plate-Type Reverbs:** - Transducer → Large Suspended Plate (3x5 feet) → Transducer - **Digital Reverberation:** - Anti-aliasing filter and Nyquist Theorem --- ## March 5 (Tue) - March 7 (Thu) - Electromagnetism: Speaker and Microphone - Build: Victorian Oscillator --- ## March 12 (Tue) - March 14 (Thu) - Video: Is This Even Music? John Cage, Schoenberg and Outsider Artists (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtPDhjjRsw) - Final Project Interface Design Due (March 11) - Electromagnetism (cont.): Guitar Pickup - Basic Electronics - Passive: resistors, capacitors, and inductors - Active: transistors, diodes (including LEDs and Zener diodes), and integrated circuits (ICs) like opamp, schmidt concerter, etc. - Microcontrollers - Raspberry Pi Pico, STM32, ESP32, PIC, etc. - Sensor - gyroscope, accelerometer, moisture sensor, ultrasonic sensor, etc. - PCB vs breadboard - Useful Software: LTSpice, KiCad, Fusion 360, etc.