Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2013-14

Esta asignatura trata fundamentalmente sobre diseño sonoro y su realización mediante sistemas digitales de síntesis sonora. Este enfoque es general y puede ser aplicado en principio a cualquier tipo de sonido, pero esta asignatura aborda el estudio de un sonido tan importante en nuestro entorno y tan relevante económicamente como es la música. La síntesis de sonido tiene muchas aplicaciones como la sonorización de vídeo, cine o videojuegos y cualquier sonido es susceptible de ser sintetizado, pero lo cierto es que la inmensa mayoría del sonido que se sintetiza es música.

En este contexto, esta asignatura estudia la percepción de la música y, por tanto, las especificaciones del diseño sonoro que acústicamente provocan esas sensaciones. No obstante, la parte principal del curso trata de dar una amplia visión del catálogo de técnicas de síntesis más utilizadas, con sus ventajas  e inconvenientes, y sus principales aplicaciones. También se incluyen las técnicas seguidas para el diseño de instrumentos tradicionales, que servirán de guía y referencia para diseñar los instrumentos sintéticos.

La teoría se complementa con prácticas de laboratorio en las que se llevarán a cabo trabajos individuales relacionados con el diseño y control de la síntesis digital mediante un lenguaje de especificación de sintetizadores.

Esta asignatura está relacionada con otras anteriores, entre las que cabe citar Acústica, Electroacústica, Tratamiento Digital de la Señal, Tratamiento Digital de Audio y Tratamiento Digital de Imágenes.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT10 : Capacity to confront, plan and solve real problems demanded by society in the field of engineering.
  • CT11 : Capacity to learn and apply new concepts and methods in an autonomous and interdisciplinary fashion.
  • CT12 : Capacity to assimilate and adapt to the permanent evolution of technology when developing one's professional career.
  • CT13 : Capacity to adopt the scientific method when planning and carrying out different academic and professional tasks.
  • CT14 : Capacity for self-criticism needed to analyse and improve the quality of projects.
  • CT6 : Capacity to use the English language fluently to access technical information, respond to the needs of society and be self-sufficient when preparing one's professional career.
  • CT7 : Capacity for oral and written exposition.
  • CT8 : Capacity to plan tasks and commit oneself to satisfying goals and deadlines.
  • CT9 : Capacity for group work.

 

Specific Competences:>>Basic

  • B2 : Basic understanding of using and programming computers, operating systems, databases and computer programs for use in engineering.

 

Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : Students should show they possess and understand knowledge in a field of study that continues from general secondary education and is usually found at a level which, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes certain aspects that involve knowledge arising from the cutting edge of their field of study.
  • CT2 : Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and should possess those skills that are usually reflected when preparing and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.
  • CT3 : Students should have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their field of study) to give opinions that include a reflection on important, social, scientific, ethical matters, etc.
  • CT4 : Students should be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  • CT5 : Students should have developed the necessary learning skills to take on later studies with a high level of autonomy.

 

Specific Competences: >> Competences Common to the Telecommunications Branch

  • C2 : Capacity to use computer and information applications, office systems, databases, advanced calculation, project management, visualisation, etc.) to support the development and exploitation of telecommunications and electronics networks, services and applications.

 

Specific Competences: >> Competences Specific to Sound and Image

  • E1 : Capacity to construct, exploit and manage telecommunications services and applications, understanding these to be systems for the acquisition, analogue and digital treatment, coding, transport, representation, processing, storage, reproduction, management and presentation of audiovisual services and multimedia information.
  • E5 : Capacity to create, code, manage, broadcast and distribute multimedia content, taking into account criteria of usability and accessibility to audiovisual, broadcasting and interactive services.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2013-14

  • Conocer la relación entre las características perceptuales de los sonidos y las magnitudes objetivas que las originan, de manera que el alumno pueda tanto describir como especificar los sonidos en términos de estas características.
  • Comprender cómo generan el sonido los instrumentos tradicionales, los fundamentos de su acústica y su control.
  • Conocer las tecnologías y métodos informáticos involucrados en la síntesis digital del sonido, comprendiendo las ventajas e inconvenientes de cada técnica y su aplicabilidad.
  • Conocer los estándares de control informatizado de dispositivos musicales.
  • Conocer los rudimentos de las representaciones musicales clásica e informática, para ser capaz de trabajar en cooperación con músicos en el ámbito del diseño y producción del sonido.

 

 

General

Code: 20029
Lecturer responsible:
IÑESTA QUEREDA, JOSE MANUEL
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,50
Practical credits: 0,90
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS
    Area: LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS
    Theoretical credits: 1,5
    Practical credits: 0,9
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught