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Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics

In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers and speaker design.

Status: Vibrations
Status: Basic Electrical Systems
IntermediateCourse14 hours

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BT

4.0Reviewed Oct 23, 2016

As a retired EE this was a fun course for me to take, but it does cover a lot of territory quickly. I really liked the more practical aspects of the course

SC

5.0Reviewed Jan 12, 2021

Really felt great to know many technical things about sound , mostly requuired to make and reproduce good quality music

CS

5.0Reviewed Oct 21, 2016

Excellent Course. I can't wait for part 2 after this course. Thank you to instruction for sharing their experience and knowledge with us.

JJ

5.0Reviewed Nov 28, 2017

very nice course to learn new something about the fundamentals of audio and music engineering, musicalsounds and eloctronics

IS

5.0Reviewed Oct 27, 2016

Absolutely Excellent Course, Fantastic teaching; I found the circuit analysis for the last two weeks really challenging (in a good way). Very glad I stuck with it and finished it.

LC

5.0Reviewed Mar 13, 2017

Greate Course. An innovative, encouraging, motivating course, excellent teachers, intensive content. Excellent. Highly recommend.

FB

4.0Reviewed Nov 21, 2023

thank you for everything just there are many theory things, we need more practice about sound frequency of instruments, bass, treble, medium, ...)

AY

4.0Reviewed Sep 12, 2015

Good course for audio enthusiasts. A compilation of basic electric circuits and audio waves.I enjoyed very much. Would be great if lecture notes were provided.Thanks

JL

4.0Reviewed Oct 20, 2022

G​reat course although not quite what I expected. Particularly enjoyed the electronics components. Don't believe anyone who says you don't need decent maths!

HM

5.0Reviewed Mar 10, 2018

Very good course, some of the math is a bit advanced, but the explanations are excellent. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I am eagerly waiting for the part 2!!

TT

5.0Reviewed Jun 14, 2018

Great course. It teaches all the fundamentals in electronic engineering and acoustic engineering and how to analyze complex systems using basic but powerful tools.

KB

5.0Reviewed Dec 7, 2025

It has been a lovely journey learning intricacies of sound and designing of various circuits, speakers and gaining domain knowledge.

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