We are pleased to announce that we will run our introductory course in Ableton Live once more in the late fall of 2012. The course will be taught evenings on the five following dates: November 27 December 4 December 6 December 11 December 13 Ableton Live is a loop-based music sequenser. In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing and arranging. This course goes through the software’s... read more

Programming, synthesis and signal processing in Max/MSP is an Internet-based course produced by NOTAM in 2009–2010. The aim of this course is to provide a thorough review of the software, so that the participants after the course participation can produce their own solutions in Max/MSP. The course is aimed at those with normal basic knowledge in music. This course provides basic training in programming in Max/MSP, as well as an understanding of digital sound modelling. The participants will... read more

From October 15 through 19, NOTAM will be teaching a course in studio technique. The course is taught using the software Pro Tools, which is one of the standards for working with sound in various different fields such as music, radio, film soundtracks, sound art, composition and video arts. Through learning this tool, the course provides an introduction to basic studio technique. The course requires no prior knowledge of Pro Tools. It will, however, also be useful to people who have worked with... read more

Max for Live is one the most exciting program packages in a long time. Max for Live combines the programs Max/MSP and Ableton Live. This spring, NOTAM in collaboration with Norwegian Academy of Music is organizing a course which will be taught over five evenings from March 22 until May 3 (with a two-week break during the Easter holiday). The location will be the Norwegian Academy of Music, but the course is open to everyone who have the required background knowledge. Ableton Live is a... read more

Please note: The course has been moved to November 12-16. Registration opens October 1. This course gives an introduction to different microphone techniques and their areas of application. It will be possible to learn about: what kinds of microphone characteristics and what kind of microphone placements that work well when recording vocals or various music instruments close range and distant micing stereo techniques: coincident pairs, spaced pairs, MS recording and the differences between... read more

We are pleased to announce the launch of the course Advanced synthesis and signal processing. Diemo Schwarz from IRCAM in Paris will be teaching the course. Diemo Schwarz is one of the leading figures within the live electronics field, and he has developed a number of signal processing tools, including Max/MSP patches such as FTM and CataRT. CataRT, or The concatenative real-time sound synthesis system, from which the name is derived, is a system for analyzing different kinds of data and... read more