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August 26
Orientation Day

27 Classes Start
Class Procedures
& Syllabus

VAB intro

HW: Read Syllabus,
Study for syllabus quiz

28 Syllabus Quiz

Chapter 1: Intro to Engineering

VAB Work on 0.1-0.3
Homework

29 VAB 1.0 introduction

HW: Work on "Top 20" report

VAB 2.1:Plots of speech

30 "Top 20 Engineering Feats of the 20th Century" due

VAB 2.2: Sketchwave

HW: Read through Chapter 2.2

2 September

Labor Day Holiday

3 Cosine Generators

VAB 2.2: Sketchwave lab emailed

Bring Graphing Calculators to class for rest of trimester!

 HW: Exercises # 2.1

4 Ch 2.1- Creating Digital Music intro

Quick Quiz on DSP & VAB

VAB 2.4

HW:  Remainder of Exercises 2.2.5

5 Ch. 2.2- Sound Synthesis

VAB 2.6- 2.7

HW: Read 2.3, 2.4; Study for Ch. 2.0- 2.3 Quiz

6 Double Lab Period in UCC (start @ 1:20)
Ch. 2.3- Waveform Synthesis 

VAB 2.8:MIDI Player started

Chapter 2.0- 2.3 intro quiz

HW: Read 2.5; Exercise #2.3.3

9 MIDI finished

Fourier Synthesis Applets run

HW: Investigate Waveform Synthesis Applications for cell phones

10 Ch. 2.4- Additive Synthesis & cell phones

HW: Fourier Synthesis Applets run and waveform series documented and emailed

11 Other Fourier Applications

VAB 2.10

HW: Exercise #2.4.3

12 SoundForge Software

Ch 2.5- Spectrograms
VAB 2.11 Spectrogram matching

HW: Study for Quiz over Ch. 2.0- 2.4

13 Chapter 2.0-2.4 Quiz

HW: Use Spectrogram shareware; Web Tour

16 No School

Yom Kippur Holiday

17  Test Review for Chapter 2

HW: Chapter 2 Study

18 Chapter 2 Test

HW: Read 3.1- 3.3

19 Ch. 3: Digital Instruments Intro; Sound production & capture Intro

HW: Exercises 3.1.4

20 Ch. 3 Physics of Sound I

HW:  Exercises 3.1.3, #4-6 as bonus; Exercises 3.2.2
Read through 3.1

23 Ch. 3.1, Characteristics of Harmonic Oscillators

HW: Go through the first 5 Ch. 3 Weblinks
> See  details in Homework.

24 Chapter 3 intro quiz 

Ch. 3.2 Physical 
Modeling 1;

VAB 3.2 Guitar String Model

HW: Read through Section 3.3; Do Exercises 3.3.2

25 Violins & Pipe Organs

VAB 3.3 Echo &  calculations

HW: "Resonance" Handout Packet read and Case Questions p.10, #1-3

26 Ch. 3.3 Digital modeling of  Echo & Reverb

VAB 3.4A Project: Voice Effects

HW: Resonance Packet- Exercises #1-3, 5, 7, 12, 15

27  Quiz over Resonance packet (done online)

VAB 3.4A Continued

HW: Exercises 3.3.3, 3.3.4

30 Ch. 3.4 Speakers & microphones

Experience Tooth Tunes

HW: Email a description of how the "Tooth Tunes" device works;

Read Section 3.4

October 1 Tank Circuits & Radio receivers

HW: Read "Tank Circuits" packet and answer Questions over the packet

Take home parts for Gosney Speaker

2 Radio broadcasting finished.
Discussion of digital sound: sound cards, Dolby, & multichannel processing 

HW: Exercises #1, 3, 6 from packet.
Finish Gosney speaker!

3 Soundforge Special Effects II in lab. 

Bring in Gosney speakers for initial testing!

HW: Tweak Gosney speaker for Final Grade

4 Quiz on Ch. 3.3-3.4

Final Gosney Speaker testing!

> Read "Multimedia Sound" packet & Answer questions

ALL HW NOT YET TURNED IN IS DUE ON THIS DATE!