MCMA 361-001/ Digital Sound and Convergence
Fall 2006 / Sarah Kanouse / TuTh 10-11:50 AM / Comm 9A

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Materials

10 blank CD-Rs (not RWs)
256-512 MB compact flash card
512 MB USB flash memory drive (optional but helpful)
AA batteries (to power the Marantz recorders)

other materials as needed to realize your projects
Primary Text

Bull, Michael and Les Back, eds. The Auditory Culture Reader (Oxford: Berg, 2003).

The text is available at the University Bookstore.  Other required reading materials will be assigned, as per the syllabus, and will be available on electronic reserve or online.  See the bibliography at the end of the syllabus.  Based on our class discussions, critiques, and your developing interests, I may recommend or require other readings as the semester progresses.

Bibliography of Additional Required Readings

_____. “The National Entertainment State.” The Nation. July 3, 2006, pp 13-30.

Alten, Stanley R. “Physics and Psychophysics of Sound,” “Microphones,” “Studio Production: Live and Live-on-Tape (excerpt)” and “Staged Productions” (excerpt).  Audio In Media. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999, pp 12-23, 42-73, 206-213, 261-265. 

Lessig, Lawrence, Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity. New York: Penguin Books, 2004, pp. 116-173,
276-286.

Lord, Max. “Why Is That Thing Beeping?: A Sound Design Primer”

Middleton, Chris. “What is Digital Recording?” and “Audio in the Digital World.” The Complete Guide to Digital Audio. Boston: Muska and Lipman, 2003, pp 46-59, 60-67.

Mortley, Kaye. “Around Naxos: a radio “film”.” In Allan S. Weiss, ed. Experimental Sound and Radio. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001, pp. 151-166.

Pinder, David. “Ghostly Footsteps: Voices, Memories, and Walks in the City.” Ecumene. Vol. 8 Issue 1 (2001), pp. 1-19.

Pittman, Marilyn. “Standups and Voiceovers"

Simula, Carlo.  “Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari: Interview with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky” November 20, 2005.

Towne, Jeff. “Editing Wants to be Free! An audio editing solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux” Transom Tools. Available online at

Wise, Robin and Tim Gnatek.  “Audio Editing with ProTools”  Available online at  

Wrightson, Kendall. “An Introduction to Acoustic Ecology” Journal of Electroacoustic Music, Volume 12, March 1999.

Zweig, Ellen. “Mendicant Erotics [Sydney]: a performance for radio.” In Allan S. Weiss, ed. Experimental Sound and Radio. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001, pp. 125-134.

Contact Info:

Prof. Sarah Kanouse
Office: Comm 1121K
Tues 1-3 PM; Wed 3-5 PM; Thu 8:30-9:30 AM, 1-2 PM
kanouse@siu.edu