MAT 120 - DigiPen - Fall 2025


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MAT120 syllabus (pdf).

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Quiz 0: Friday, Sep 5
Quiz 1: Friday, Sep 12
Quiz 2: Tuesday, Sep 23
Quiz 3: Friday, Oct 3
New Midterm Exam Date: Friday, October 24
Bring one sheet (two-sided) of formulas (exam is not open book/notes).
Midterm Exam Rules

Midterm Solutions: video lecture (38 min)
Piecewise Linear Functions: video lecture (31.5 min)
ADSR Envelopes 1 video lecture (16 min)
ADSR Envelopes 2 video lecture (23 min)

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Final Exam: Tuesday, Dec 9, 12-3 in Pascal
Final is comprehensive, covering the whole semester including first half.
Bring two sheets of formulas, 2-sided.

Supplementary Lecture Notes

All homework is due in Moodle by midnight on the due date.
Homework Late Penalty: 5% per day, until HW is graded.


Homework Assignment 1 due Friday, Sep 12
Homework Assignment 2 due Friday, Sep 26
Homework Assignment 3 due Tuesday, Oct 7
Homework Assignment 4 due Friday, Oct 17
Homework Assignment 5 due Friday, Oct 31
Homework Assignment 6 due Friday, Nov 7
Homework Assignment 7 due Wednesday, Nov 26

Pd Assignment 1 due Tuesday, Sep 9
Pd Project 1 due Tuesday, Oct 14
Pd Project 2 due Tuesday, Nov 18
Pd Project 3 (Extra Credit) due Tuesday, Dec 2

Project-related files: Pd and other files (directory).
Bach-Lehman Tuning: excerpt (pdf)
Bach_Lehman summary article (pdf)
Bradley Lehman website (pdf)

SciLab example of sum of two sine functions (download and execute with SciLab).
Pd loop sample (pd).


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PARI resources: PARI


Pd resources:
Programming Electronic Music in Pd by Johannes Kreidler
The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music by Miller Puckette
Pd Convention 2004 - various authors
Floss Manual for Pure Data


Matt Klassen