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Learn to Code Electronic Music Tools with Javascript (FutureLearn)

Offered by Goldsmiths, University of London,

This course shows you how to build sound synthesizers and drum machines that run in your web browser using Javascript. In this course you will build a range of electronic music tools using the Javascript language and the Web Audio API. You will be shown line by line how to program interactive synthesizers, drum machines and even algorithmic music systems that can generate music automatically.

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You will also be shown how to develop user interfaces with knobs, sliders and other elements. The music software and user interfaces you make will run in any web browser that supports the Web Audio API, including Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android.

What will you achieve?

Synthesise audio in real-time in web browsers using the Web Audio API
Design sound synthesis algorithms
Apply clocks and triggers to play back sampled sounds in rhythmic patterns
Design user interfaces that allow non-coders to control your electronic music software
Apply algorithmic music techniques to generate music automatically using probability and rules

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