ECE 403 - Audio Engineering

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece403/
Subject Area Biomedical Imaging, Bioengineering, and Acoustics
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 410
Credit in ECE 473
Credit in ECE 290
Course Directors Mark Allan Hasegawa-Johnson
Description Review of acoustics and signal processing, and development of a model of human hearing, followed by a number of real-world applications. Applications may include digital audio coding, audio recognition, design and analysis of auditoriums, audio localization/spatialization, and the design of loudspeakers, enclosures, and microphones.
Credit 3 hours
Goals To obtain an understanding of acoustics and signal processing fundamentals as they apply to the audio field. To facilitate an ability to read articles at the level of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. To contribute to a background useful for a position in the audio industry.
Topics
  • Acoustics review and signal processing review
  • Acoustic transducers
  • Noise, intensity, and time-varying signals
  • Auditory psychophysics
  • Digital audio coding
  • Room/auditorium acoustics
  • Sound localization/spatialization
  • Speech and audio recognition
Course Prerequisites ECE 290, ECE 410, and ECE 473.
Topical Prerequisities
  • Passive circuit steady-state and transient analysis
  • Acoustic plane and spherical wave phenomena
  • Fourier and Z transform
  • IIR and FIR filter design
Texts L. E. Kinsler et al., Fundamentals of Acoustics, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Course notes and various published articles.
ABET Category Engineering Science: 3 credits or 100%