I’d like to recommend this excellent\u2014and free\u2014online course:<\/p>\n
Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications<\/strong> The brief:\u00a0In this course you will learn about audio signal processing methodologies that are specific for music and of use in real applications. You will learn to analyse, synthesize and transform sounds using the Python programming language.<\/em><\/p>\n This is the second session of the course, which will start on September 21, 2015. Enrollment is open here:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n I took the first session last fall. My primary motivation was to try a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), and I wanted to pick a topic I already had knowledge in, to better evaluate the experience. For me, this\u00a0topic\u00a0was one in which I had an idea of the basic techniques used, but not the details and no practical experience, so it was a good fit. Plus, the course requires\u00a0the use of Python, which I had interest in and wanted an excuse to learn.<\/p>\n Professor Serra delivers the course videos, and does an excellent job\u2014clear and well-paced. The course helps to give a better understanding of musical components of sound, and the techniques used to alter individual aspects (especially pitch and duration, independently).<\/p>\n The ten-week course is not easy, and requires at least a few hours per week\u2014a relatively small percentage of the large number of enrollees completed the course with a passing grade (yes, I passed). It requires a relatively modest amount of programming, as the sms-tools package handles most of the work, but will be tough for non-programmers. However, you can watch the videos even if you do not wish to do the weekly assignments and quizzes.\u00a0The assignments will give you a much better understanding,\u00a0of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’d like to recommend this excellent\u2014and free\u2014online course: Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications by Prof Xavier Serra, Prof Julius O Smith, III The brief:\u00a0In this course you will learn about audio signal processing methodologies that are specific for music … Continue reading
\nby Prof Xavier Serra, Prof Julius O Smith, III<\/p>\n