17. Creating and Manipulating Sound to Enhance Computer Graphics I: Algorithms and Techniques Half Day / Intermediate An introduction to concepts of digital sound synthesis and manipulation: theory, algorithms, and issues in the computation of sound alone and sound combined with graphics. Specific topics include psycho-acoustics, algorithms for audio synthesis and processing, and networked audio. Source and binary code are available via ftp. Who Should Attend Engineers and people interested in sound for long-range development involving virtual environments, VRML, and multimedia. Organizer Perry Cook Princeton University Lecturers Robin Bargar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Xavier Serra Pompeu Fabra University Adrian Freed University of California, Berkeley Schedule 8:30 am: Welcome, overview of course, introduction of speakers - Cook 8:35 am: Sound in Digital Media, Some Opening Thoughts - Bargar/Freed What you Might Be Thinking About Sound - Isn't Sampling the End? What We Hope You Will Think About Sound - If Sampling Isn't The End, What Else is There? Parallels Between Sound Synthesis and Animation/Rendering Goals, and How We Propose to Achieve Them Integrating Sound and Graphics: systems issues 9:15 am: Views of Sound - Serra Time Domain and Frequency Domain Production and Perception 9:35 am: Survey of Synthesis and Processing Algorithms - Cook/Serra Additive Analysis/Synthesis Subtractive Analysis/Synthesis Non-Linear Synthesis (FM, WaveShaping) 10:00 am: Break 10:15 am: Survey of Synthesis and Processing Algorithms (continued) - Cook/Serra Spectral Modeling Modal Synthesis Physical Modeling 10:40 am: Controlling and Scripting Sound Synthesis and Processing - Bargar/Freed Note and Event Lists, MIDI Relations to HTML, VRML, etc. Firewire, LAN's Coherent, multiplatform control from Tcl/TK, Matlab, MAX, Visual Basic, Java, C, C++ 11:20 am: Synthesis Platforms, Software Environments, and Computing Issues - Freed MIDI modules vs. Sound Cards vs. Software Synthesis Reliable, low latency control and Real-Time Issues Networked Audio Synchronization with Gesture and Graphics

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