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  • MS 391: Designing and Programming Interactive Performance Systems

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-321 Course Chair:Kurt Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Focusing on expanded synthesizer control and expressive musical performance, students will study, program, practice, and play using nonkeyboard controllers such as MIDI guitars, woodwinds, drums, and innovative "virtual" controllers such as the Buchla Lightning and the Mathews Radio Baton.
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  • MS 401: Music Synthesis Advanced Seminar

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-326 and MS-381 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:MSYN majors Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Advanced Seminar combines master class and private lesson settings for the music synthesis major. Master class topics include group assessment of each student's portfolio work, as well as the existing work of other professional musicians. Assessment and analysis represent creative, compositional, artistic, aesthetic, and production viewpoints. Business and career preparation will also be discussed. The private lesson component allows each student to develop their skills and musicianship with direct mentoring from the instructor.
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  • MS 413: Digital Signal Processing:Theory and Composition

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-322 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A theoretical and practical exploration of digital signal processing software. Student projects will focus on the compositional use of DSP: pitch shifting, time scaling, chorusing, delay, reverberation, spatialization, channel and phase vocoding, spectral filtering, FFT-based noise removal, and software-based cross-synthesis. The musical focus is innovative sound design and audio-art composition.
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  • MS 414: Digital Signal Processing for Music Production and Postproduction

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-381 or MTEC-381 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A practical exploration of digital signal processing for student music projects, mixing, and mastering, with emphasis on key techniques of digital audio production. Exploration and application of both black-box technologies and software applications to assignments that reflect standard digital studio approaches and practice.
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  • MS 426: Live Video with Jitter

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-326 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This class provides students with an opportunity to create visual projections for their original compositions using MAX/MSP with Jitter, Motion, and other applications as needed. Students will study a variety of approaches to creating live graphics for music and sonic art works, then create their own live videos for public presentation. Weekly assignments will include reading, realizing one minute pilot pieces, and then proposing, researching, and realizing the final project.
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  • MS 431: Physical Modeling and Additive Synthesis

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-322 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description An exploration of excitation/resonance models of sound production: Karplus-Strong (string), brass, and woodwind modeling using digital signal processing in a dedicated hardware environment; use of software-based modeling for pedagogical purposes; exploration of Fourier or additive synthesis and formant theory in a hardware environment.
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  • MS 461: Computer Music Composition and Analysis

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MS-322 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This course explores a wide variety of avant-garde and alternative approaches to composition. Students analyze and discuss acousmatic computer music in a wide variety of genres such as ambient, minimal, glitch, sound object, soundscape, sound collage, algorithmic, etc. Students compose a series of portfolio pieces that are critiqued in class and then featured in a public concert at the end of the semester.
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  • MS 491: Advanced Projects in Synthesis

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Completion of 8 credits of MSYN electives and written approval of instructor and course chair Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:MSYN majors Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This course focuses on the production of the capstone music synthesis graduation project and provides for individual attention within a small group setting. The specific nature of the project will be determined by written agreement between student and instructor. Each student will also be required to participate in the jury process as well as the Senior Showcase at the end of the semester.
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  • MS 495: Music Synthesis Internship

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Written approval of course chair and either MTEC-223 or MS-223 Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:None Electable by:MSYN majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Monitored and evaluated professional work experience in an environment related to the music synthesis major. Placement is limited to situations available from or approved by the Office of Experiential Learning and the Music Synthesis Department chair or designee. To apply for an internship, students must see the internship coordinator in the Office of Experiential Learning prior to registering. Note: Equivalent credit for prior experience is not available due to the requirement of concurrent contract between the employer/supervisor and the college. International students in F-1 status must obtain authorization on their Form I-20 from the Counseling and Advising Center prior to beginning an internship.
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  • MTEC 111: Introduction to Music Technology

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:None Course Chair:K. Biederwolf Required of:All first-semester students Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description An introduction to the fundamentals of music technology geared to the needs of today's professional musician. One of the most significant challenges facing musicians today is mastering the skills required to continually adapt to a changing technology base. Musicians today must understand and be prepared for the fact that this technology base is moving more rapidly than it can be assimilated. The course topics will give an overview of all aspects of the current technology with the primary goal of enabling students to make intelligent decisions in evaluating future technological needs.
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