Description of Topic:
Music Production, as most of us know, is simply the means of making music. However, this seemingly simple topic is actually incredibly complicated in various ways. Wiki states, Music production (more specifically here, Audio post production) “is the general term for all stages of production happening between the actual recording in a studio and the completion of a master recording. It involves, sound design, sound editing, audio mixing, and the addition of effects”. These sub-topics, especially now, include things like actually creating the sounds that we hear electronically as well as the editing done to the audio in order for it to sound the desired way or for it to be able to be played in a certain setting and in a certain format.
Relation to Computer Science:
Music production relates to computer science (especially in electronically produced music) because the music depends inherently on music software (for instance Logic Pro, Ableton, FL Studio, Garageband, etc.) which is created through programming. Actually, all music today at some point goes through some sort of computer in order to be played electronically (unless you hear the music live and the instrument is not plugged into anything). The process goes beyond just music software but also towards self-made instruments that provide input to computers (Like “a pendulum hanging from an upside-down cup-shaped sensor” that plays organized music when swinging. A “UCSC professor David Cope drew attention and criticism on computer-driven human composers in the ‘90s when he debuted software called EMI Experiments in Musical Intelligence”. This program was able to mimic certain composers style so that it be unrecognizable (which inevitably brought about the question of creativity in music in the future). There are many more computer science related sub-topics in music such an Artificial Intelligence that can create music itself, including vocals, without human interaction. In the modern day most music is extremely closely related with computer science in most, if not all aspects.
References:
https://qz.com/790523/daddys-car-the-first-song-ever-written-by-artificial-intelligence-is-actually-pretty-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_post_production
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Friday, February 3, 2017
Entry 3 - Particle Physics
Description of Topic:
Particle physics is a specific subcategory in physics dealing with subatomic particles and their interactions. Experiments done in this field often require a particle accelerator. An accelerator (as it sounds) accelerates extremely small particles to high speeds and collides them (either with another beam or a still object) in order to study the particles made to give context to the fundamental laws of the universe. The most famous particle accelerator is the circular accelerator called CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. "The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a provisional body founded in 1952 with the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe" -Angles and Demons. The most recent fantastic discovery made with CERN is the discovery of the Higgs Boson, a particle that gives reality to the field (Higgs Field) that gives some particles their mass.
Relation to Computer Science:
Computer science becomes very important to this subject of physics when it comes to particle accelerators (especially big ones). It is essential in producing machines that require high energies needed to obtain certain interactions between particles. Computer science is needed in order to program the electronics (like detectors) and also is used to store information (in server farms) that the millions of interactions and collisions the particle accelerators can produce. The computers used in the facility also require a certain software necessary to analyze the collisions.
References:
https://home.cern/sites/home.web.cern.ch/files/styles/320/public/image/topic-stub/image/higgs_event_display.jpg?itok=H-IZs8wA
http://angelsanddemons.web.cern.ch/faq/what-does-cern-mean
Particle physics is a specific subcategory in physics dealing with subatomic particles and their interactions. Experiments done in this field often require a particle accelerator. An accelerator (as it sounds) accelerates extremely small particles to high speeds and collides them (either with another beam or a still object) in order to study the particles made to give context to the fundamental laws of the universe. The most famous particle accelerator is the circular accelerator called CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. "The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a provisional body founded in 1952 with the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe" -Angles and Demons. The most recent fantastic discovery made with CERN is the discovery of the Higgs Boson, a particle that gives reality to the field (Higgs Field) that gives some particles their mass.
Relation to Computer Science:
Computer science becomes very important to this subject of physics when it comes to particle accelerators (especially big ones). It is essential in producing machines that require high energies needed to obtain certain interactions between particles. Computer science is needed in order to program the electronics (like detectors) and also is used to store information (in server farms) that the millions of interactions and collisions the particle accelerators can produce. The computers used in the facility also require a certain software necessary to analyze the collisions.
References:
https://home.cern/sites/home.web.cern.ch/files/styles/320/public/image/topic-stub/image/higgs_event_display.jpg?itok=H-IZs8wA
http://angelsanddemons.web.cern.ch/faq/what-does-cern-mean
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