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<title>Music and Computers</title>
<cid>KI646</cid>
<bkey>ki</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>4</hours>
<type>V</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>4</cp>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory>no</mandatory>
<language>German</language>
<exam>Students assignment and presentation</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>KI646</cid>
<branch>Computer Science and Communication Systems</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>PIBWN10</cid>
<branch>Applied Informatics</branch>
<semester>5</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 120 hours (equivalent to 4 ECTS credits).There are therefore 75 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<knowledge>[?]</knowledge>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr. Klaus Huckert</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>kh</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr. Klaus Huckert</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>kh</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After completing this module, students will be acquainted with the basic terminology of music and music formats.
They will understand the relationship between music and computers, will have met relevant examples for web applications and will understand the relationships between the data formats MIDI, MP3, WAV and XML.
</objectives>
<content>1.	The notation used in the graphical representation of music
2.	Midi: basics, messages, applications
3.	MP3 and WAV formats, rendering
4.	Sequencer software (Cubasis)
5.	Notation software (Finale, Sibelius), interfacing to Midi and sequencers, XML representation
6.	Software for musical arrangements (automatic accompaniments, creating new melodies and solos) with the software package ‘Band in the Box’
7.	Production of a CD (recording, mixing and burning)
8.	Use in web applications
</content>
<media>[?]</media>
<literature>To be announced during the course.</literature>
<offered>
<semshort>SS 2014</semshort>
<semshort>SS 2013</semshort>
<semshort>SS 2012</semshort>
<semshort>SS 2011</semshort>
<semshort>SS 2010</semshort>
<semshort>SS 2009</semshort>
<semshort>WS 2007/08</semshort>
<semshort>WS 2006/07</semshort>
</offered>
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