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2026-2027 College Catalog 
    
2026-2027 College Catalog
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MUSTC 163 MIDI Drum Programming


Minimum Units: 2
Maximum Units: 2
Students learn to program drumbeats using available MIDI devices. A variety of styles and approaches are presented to develop skill in both real-time and step entry programming. Instruction is balanced between demonstration and hands-on learning.
Prerequisite Required: MUSTC 151  or instructor permission.
Add Consent: Not Required
Drop Consent: Not Required
Grading System: Student option grading
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Program MIDI drums using real and step-time data entry.
  • Use various control surfaces to program MIDI drum patterns.
  • Program MIDI data to emulate acoustic drums with fills and anticipations in both shuffle and straight grooves.
  • Use looping techniques to program MIDI drums in emulative and creative patterns.
  • Create a MIDI drum pattern library and use it in a MIDI music production.

This course fulfills a distribution requirement for: Restricted Transfer



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