MUS-2600 Midi Sequencing

Credits 3
This course is an introduction to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and its applications. Students learn the history of MIDI and its various specifications and components. General MIDI, MIDI keyboards and interfaces, synthesizers and sound modules, sequencers and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) are covered. Students compose music in a DAW using techniques such as recording, loop recording, quantizing, input quantizing, and transposing. Students learn editing techniques to remove errors and other problems within music.
Prerequisite(s): MUS-1500 or INT-1010 with grade of C or higher, or permission of area coordinator.
Formerly (Formerly MUS-1600 . Students may not receive credit for both MUS-1600 and MUS-2600.)
2 class/2 lab hours.
Course Outcomes

Describe Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) including its various specifications, and the benefits it provides musicians.
Describe MIDI system components including their locations and capabilities.
Produce a multi-timbral MIDI project that plays correctly on a variety of listening platforms.
Configure a computer based Digital Audio Workstation optimized for MIDI Sequencing and music production.
Describe basic techniques in existing MIDI sequences, recognized through listening.