Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > Is there a course list you could point me to outlining your course of > study? Was this a prepackaged degree program or custom designed for > your own interests? It's a normal undergraduate degree, at York University (in England). It'll be detailed somewhere at www.york.ac.uk. The Electronics department offer courses like Electronics with Music Technology, with Computer Science, with Avionics, with Media Technology, and so on. A few people always drop out, because they expect the course to be focused more on Music Technology. It's not that different from a straight Electronic Engineering degree, just with a few hours a week studying subjects like: Digital & Computer Music Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Recording Studio Techniques Oh yes, and you get alternative projects each year, which cover the same electronics as the rest of the year, but in some musical way - like programming an improvising MIDI pianist in C, designing a hardware sampler in a group, using a DSP and FPGA. And also some recording projects (remixes, location recordings, etc). Basically, it's an Electronics degree though. Lots of difficult maths right from the start. Some fairly advanced physics. Lots of lectures, labs, and work. It's really meant to prepare you to be an electronic engineer, possibly working for a company developing audio equipment. At the York University Battle of the Bands, about half the entrants each year are just from the Electronics department. Although I guess that's not too surprising... In retrospect, I'd have been better off finding a degree in Computer Science with Music Technology. But they don't do that at York, which is: 1) A good University 2) A lovely city 3) Where I met my girlfriend... So I'm happy. Hope this helps Michael Nelson
