Topics and Notes Summary (last update 4/20/2013):

DATE COMMENT

Apr. 25 (Thurs)

 Course wrap up:  last day of class

Apr. 23 (Tues)

Final Exam in class.  The exam will be closed book, with a mixture of multiple choice and short-answer questions.  Coverage will be comprehensive.  Bring a pen/pencil.

 

Apr. 18 (Thurs)

 Quick review for final exam.
History of synthesis, and the use of audio effects in music composition.

Apr. 16 (Tues)

Audio signals and systems; signal levels and processes

 

Apr. 11 (Thurs)

 Quiz at the start of class

Audio signal levels and the gain chain in studio electronics.

NOTE:  there will be NO EELE 217 class on Thursday, April 18 (instructor gone)
NOTE:  the EELE 217 final exam will be held during class time on Tuesday, April 23.

Apr. 9 (Tues)

Audio electronics: finish material from the handout.

 

Apr. 4 (Thurs)

 Quiz at the start of class

Continue audio electronics.  Electrical handout notes.

Apr. 2 (Tues)

Start audio electronics topics:  signals, voltages, amplifiers

 

Mar. 28 (Thurs)

 Audio Tranducers:  loudspeakers (see handout notes)

 

Mar. 26 (Tues)

Audio Tranducers:  microphones (see handout notes)

 

Mar. 21 (Thurs)

Musical acoustics;  begin discussion of audio transducers (microphones and loudspeakers).  Transducer handout.

 

Mar. 19 (Tues)

No class (instructor out of town)

 

Mar. 14 (Thurs)

No class (MSU spring break)

Mar. 12 (Tues)

No class (MSU spring break)

Mar. 7 (Thurs)

 Homework (reverb estimation) due at the start of class.

Begin discussion of musical acoustics.  Handout notes.

 

Mar. 5 (Tues)

Return Midterm exams.  Discuss results.

Sound Transmission Class (STC) and room isolation principles.

 

Feb. 28 (Thurs)

 MIDTERM EXAM in class. The exam will be closed book, with a mixture of multiple choice and short-answer questions.  Coverage through material on Feb. 19.  Bring a pen/pencil.

 

Feb. 26 (Tues)

Reverberation (cont.)

Homework assignment: reverb estimation (due at the start of class on 3/7/2013).

 

Feb. 21 (Thurs)

 Reverberation estimation and architectural acoustics.

Handout on Sabine reverberation estimation technique.

(no quiz this week)

The MIDTERM EXAM will be held in class on Thursday, February 28, 2013.  The exam will be closed book.  Bring a pen/pencil.

 

Feb. 19 (Tues)

Sound absorption, reflection, transmissions in rooms.  Reverberation.

 

Feb. 14 (Thurs)

In class quiz on readings and lecture material.

Characteristics of hearing:  physiology and psychology.

Start sound absorption, reflection, transmission (chapters 20-23).

 

Feb. 12 (Tues)

Physiology of the ear.  Outer, middle, and inner ear structures and functions.

 

Feb. 7 (Thurs)

TOUR of new sound system at Taylor Planetarium, Museum of the Rockies

Please meet directly at the Museum -- do not go to the regular classroom in Howard Hall!

Reading assignment:  chapters 13, 14, and 15 from the textbook.

 

Feb. 5 (Tues)

Sound levels and the decibel  [handout].

Article about the atmospheric pressure disturbance caused around the world due to the Krakatoa eruption in 1883.

Wave interference and harmonics demo.

Finish reading material from Section 1 of the textbook.

Jan. 31 (Thurs)

In class Quiz on readings and lecture material.

Standing waves and resonance; start harmonics and spectral concepts;  Sound levels and the decibel.

 

Jan. 29 (Tues)

Wave phenomena: propagation, reflection, absorption, refraction, and diffraction.

Speed of sound demo.

 

Jan. 24 (Thurs)

In class Quiz on Chapter 4 and lecture material.

Wave phenomena; relationship between frequency and wavelength.

Reading assignment:  Read chapters 6 and 8 from the Strong textbook.

Jan. 22 (Tues)

Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems.  Stiffness and mass, and the effect upon natural frequency of vibration.

 

Jan. 17 (Thurs)

In class Quiz on Chapter 3 and lecture material.

Power and energy discussion.

Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems (Chapter 4)

Reading assignment:  Read chapter 4 from the Strong textbook.

Jan. 15 (Tues)

Basic physical quantities and laws.  Measurement units for distance, time, mass, frequency, force, energy, power, etc.

Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems.

Jan. 10 (Thurs)

First class meeting at 1:40PM in Howard Hall Room 117.

Course introduction and some listening experiments.

Reading assignment:  Read chapter 3 from the Strong textbook .

For those of you who have not yet acquired the book, here is a temporary pdf for chapters 3 and 4.