Providing the basics of coding and music processing, with particular reference to the most relevant application areas (Internet, multimedia databases, music archives, music publishing, sound synthesis, computer-aided music composition and musicology).

Program

Lessons (9 cfu)

• Historical overview of music IT: evolution of knowledge, methods and technologies.
• Formal description of music information. Representation levels. Multilayer description and interaction. Special languages (DARMS, MUSIC V, SMDL, NIFF).
• Audio layer: linear codes; differential codes; lossless and lossy (MP3 & AAC) codes; audio & music features' recognition within audio signals.
• Sound synthesis: sampling, mathematical and physical models.
• Performance layer: the MIDI standard.
• Symbolic layer: optical music recognition (OMR); music archives; music information querying and retrieval by contents; music electronic publishing; analysis and pattern recognition of scores; generative models.
• Structural layer: processing and synthesis of symbolic information; Musical Petri Nets.
• Multilayer information: MPEG4 SASL/SAOL, MPEG7, MPEG21, IEEE 1599.
• Technologies for Digital Rights Management.

Lab (9 cfu)

• Audio signal processing in MATLAB (24 ore)
• Technologies for music production (6 ore)
• Digital score editing – MuseScore (18 ore)
• Models for the analysis/processing/synthesis of music information – music Petri nets (12 ore)
• Multilayer description of music information – IEEE 1599 (12 ore).

Downloadable resources (mainly in Italian)

Audio lessons (in Italian)

• Lezione 1 - Storia dell'informatica musicale▸
• Lezione 2 - Schema generale▸
• Lezione 3 - Campionamento e aliasing▸
• Lezione 4 - Quantizzazione▸
• Lezione 5 - Quantizzazione e CD▸
• Lezione 6 - CD▸
• Lezione 7 - MP3▸
• Lezione 8 - MP3 ed altri formati▸
• Lezione 9 - Sintesi digitale del suono▸
• Lezione 10 - Sintesi additiva▸
• Lezione 11 - Sintesi FM▸
• Lezione 12 - Sintesi FM ed altri modelli▸
• Lezione 13 - Audio 3D e MIDI▸
• Lezione 14 - MIDI▸
• Lezione 15 - MIDI e livello simbolico▸
• Lezione 16 - Pitch Name Class e DARMS▸
• Lezione 17 - Impaginazione e font▸
• Lezione 18 - Segmentazione e livello strutturale▸
• Lezione 19 - Reti di Petri e Bolero▸
• Lezione 20 - Rappresentazione multistrato▸
• Lezione 21 - DRM▸
• Esempi audio▸

Exam preparation

• Sample written test▸

• Basics of Multimedia Information Digitization
• CoDec Frameworks for Multimedia Information
• Cultural Heritage Exploitation by ICT
• Multimedia Information Indexing
• Experimental Project for Cultural Heritage Exploiting by ICT

• Symbolic musical information encoding
• Algorithms to create, analyse, manipulate symbolic information
• Audio information encoding
• Sound synthesis in Java

Downloadable resources (mainly in Italian) (update 2/12/2020)

• General introduction▸
• First steps in Java▸
• Some examples in Java▸
• NetBeans IDE▸
• The pitch▸
• Duration▸
• OOP▸
• Lists & Maps▸
• File▸
• XML▸
• Swing Interfaces▸
• NetBeans IDE & Swing▸
• Audio signals & synthesis▸
• JSyn▸
• JMusic▸
• Examples of compositional techniques▸
• Examples & Exercises▸
• Proposed projects▸