This schedule lists the short online quizzes given during the term, as well as the material each quiz covers.
The material covered by each quiz will be reviewed in class. A quiz may cover all of the reading done since the last quiz. Makeup quizzes are given only in the case of excused absences.
Please note that the Week column does not give the particular day for a quiz. It could be any day during the week the quiz is listed, or even the following week.
| Week | Topic | Quiz | Material |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | No quiz | ||
| Week 2 | Basic acoustics: sound waves amplitude, SPL | Quiz 1 |
Acoustics reading Quiz 1 Study Guide |
| Week 3 | No quiz | ||
| Week 4 | More acoustics: periodic waves, waveform displays, Fourier analysis; harmonic partials, additive synthesis, inharmonic partials | Quiz 2 |
Acoustics 1 app Quiz 2 Study Guide |
| Week 5 | More acoustics: periodic waveform types, dynamic spectra, aperiodic waveforms, pitch and frequency, harmonic series | Quiz 3 |
Acoustics 2 app Quiz 3 Study Guide |
| Week 6 | MIDI hardware, General MIDI, Standard MIDI Files, MIDI messages | Quiz 4 |
MIDI reading MIDI Messages app (1–2) Quiz 4 Study Guide |
| Week 7 | More MIDI messages: note-on and note-off, with velocity; aftertouch, control change, pitch bend, program change | Quiz 5 |
MIDI Messages app (3–6) Quiz 5 Study Guide |
| Week 8 | No quiz | ||
| Week 9 | No quiz | ||
| Spring Break | |||
| Week 10 | Sampling, CV and pattern sequencing | Quiz 6 |
Modulation app (1–4) Quiz 6 Study Guide |
| Week 11 | Digital audio concepts | Quiz 7 |
Digital Audio 1 Quiz 7 Study Guide |
| Week 12 | Digital audio concepts | Quiz 8 |
Digital Audio 2 Quiz 8 Study Guide |
| Week 13 | No quiz | ||
| Week 14 | How basic audio effects work: Filters and EQ, vocoder. Delay effects; dynamics processing | Quiz 9 |
Filters and EQ Delay Effects Dynamics Effects Quiz 9 Study Guide |
| Week 15 | No quiz | ||