Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course, the students are able to
Describe the history and current practices in immersive sounds, with an emphasis on the diversity of approaches and conceptualizations
Describe a range of attentive/active spatial listening techniques and psychoacoustics, and apply them to creative or analytical work
Apply hands-on skills in capturing, processing and reproducing immersive sounds, conscious of the relationship between technology, techniques and perceptive result
Communicate and collaborate with different actors from multidisciplinary fields (scientific, technological, commercial, artistic)
Analyze and conceptualize autonomously immersive sound installations or applications both from a technical as well as a creative standpoint

Credits: 5

Schedule: 15.09.2021 - 08.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Sebastian Schlecht

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The content of this course includes:
    History of immersive sound (entanglement between creative and technical needs)
    Spatial Listening Training (Active / Verbalization)
    Listening Field Trips (Soundwalks, peculiar Soundscapes)
    Introduction to acoustics and sound transmission
    Sound field and Object-oriented models to conceptualize and operate on spatial sounds
    Physical and Virtual Sources (Loudspeakers vs Sounding Objects)
    Psychoacoustics and binaural & spatial hearing
    Introduction to room acoustics and perceptual correlates
    Correlation vs Decorrelation / Direct vs Ambience / Deterministic vs Chaotic
    Spatial Capturing of Sound
    Spatial Reproduction of Sound
    Processing of Spatial Sounds
    User Experience & Artistic Expression
    Haptics and Sound Immersion

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Similarly, various assessment methods are employed to facilitate continuous assessment and feedback including learning diary, essays, quiz, lab process, project work, and presentation. Essentially, any assessment steps include a self-assessment, e.g., asking for quality of essay or quiz result. During the course, the student realizes an immersive sound project either artistic and/or technical.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Pre-Course Assignment 1h
    Listening Field Trips 4h
    Sound Experience for Dummy Head 6h
    Crash Course in MaxMSP 8h
    Sound Scape Creation with SPARTA 8h
    Final Project in Stages 36h
    Reading Material 24h
    Contact Sessions 24h
    Time to reflect 12h
    Learning Diary 12h

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Autumn I-II

    2021-2022 Autumn I-II

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ELEC-E5690

    Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

    WebOodi.

    We can accommodate a maximum of 20 students in this course.

    Students with supporting previous courses, in particular from the minor study "Building Virtual Worlds", are preferred.