EELE 217 FL19: Topics and Notes Summary
(last update 11/19/19)
DATE | COMMENT |
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Dec. 11 |
FINAL EXAM, 4-5:50PM, regular classroom (Howard Hall room 117). Coverage is comprehensive for the course. The exam is closed book, closed notes. You may bring a pencil and a calculator. |
Dec. 5 |
Last day of class. Wrap up audio signal processing. Course review for final. |
Dec. 3 |
Audio signal processing. [Synthesis History] |
Nov. 28 |
No class: Thanksgiving holiday |
Nov. 26 (Tues) [24] |
Audio coding (cont.) |
Nov. 21 (Thurs) [23] |
In class Quiz. Digital audio and audio "coding." |
Nov. 19 (Tues) [22] |
Complete signal connectors and details; begin digital audio topics |
Nov. 14 (Thurs) [21] |
Audio electrical issues: signal types and connectors [lecture notes] |
Nov. 12 (Tues) [20] |
Audio electrical issues: power system and "grounding" [lecture notes] |
Nov. 7 (Thurs) [19] |
In class Quiz. Audio transducers: microphones and loudspeakers (cont.) |
Nov. 5 (Tues) [18] |
Homework is due. Audio transducers: microphones and loudspeakers |
Oct. 31 (Thurs) [17] |
Musical acoustics: scales and sound production (cont.) |
Oct. 29 (Tues) [16] |
Finish room acoustics, begin musical acoustics. [notes] . Homework assignment (due Tues, Nov. 5) |
Oct. 24 (Thurs) |
TOUR during class time: go directly to Visual Communications Building, upper lobby, west end. Tour of Montana PBS facilities. |
Oct. 22 (Tues) [15] |
Sound isolation (cont.) |
Oct. 17 (Thurs) |
No class (instructor out of town) |
Oct. 15 (Tues) |
Midterm exam (in class). Closed book and notes: bring a pencil and a calculator. |
Oct. 10 (Thurs) [14] |
Sound isolation: Sound Transmission Class (STC) and architectural considerations. |
Oct. 8 (Tues) [13] |
Reverberation; start sound isolation |
Oct. 3 (Thurs) [12] |
In class Quiz.
Sound in rooms. Description of surface absorption and absorption calculations. |
Oct. 1 |
Temporary threshold shift. Begin discussion of sound in rooms: absorption, reflection, transmission. Architectural acoustics and reverberation. [notes 11] |
Sep. 26 |
In class Quiz on reading and lecture material. Psychoacoustics and perceptual coding. [notes_10] |
Sep. 24 |
Anatomy and physiology of the ear (cont.) [notes_9] Reading assignment: Chapters 20-23. |
Sep. 19 |
In class Quiz on reading and lecture material. Start physiology of the ear. Structures and functions of the hearing system. [notes 8]
Reading assignment: Chapters 13 and 14. |
Sep. 17 |
Harmonics, wave interference; Sound level and the decibel. [harmonics] [notes 7] Reading assignment: Chapters 9, 10, and 12. |
Sep. 12 |
In class Quiz on Chapter 4 and lecture material. Wave phenomena, relationship between frequency, wavelength, and speed of sound. [notes 6] Reading assignment: Chapters 6 and 8 from the Strong textbook. |
Sep. 10 |
Waves and wave motion in air. [notes 5] |
Sep. 5 |
In class Quiz on Chapters 3, 4, and lecture material. Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems (cont.). Stiffness and mass effect on natural frequency of vibration. Begin waves and wave motion in air. [notes 4] |
Sep. 3 |
Power and energy discussion. Vibration in simple mass-spring systems and basic mass-spring-damper systems (Chapter 4) [notes 3] Reading assignment: Read chapter 4 from the Strong textbook. |
Aug. 29 |
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. [notes 2] |
Aug. 27 |
First class meeting at 3:05PM in Howard Hall Room 117. Course introduction and some listening experiments. [notes 1] Reading assignment: Read chapter 3 from the Strong textbook . |