Engineering Is it possible to mix electrical engineering with music somehow

[Djhar]

I am a physics and electrical engineering major and wish to know if there are any specific music career opportunities that utilize the concepts I've learned from both. I really have a passion for music production and any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[daveb]

Perhaps the development and design of digital musical instruments, though I imagine those are few to be had.

 

[Highway]

http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/

it's not a specific career opportunity, but it might give you some insight to the overlap you are looking for . . .

 

[Woopy]

audio engineering I think is a sub discipline of electrical, so specializing in acoustics

 

[Djhar]

Thanks for the responses. I could see somewhat of the usefulness in the development and design of digital musical instruments and perhaps even in designing recording studios. I actually have a friend in Dartmouth's music program and I've heard some good things about it and looking at this graduate program looks really promising. I'll give them a call to inquire more about it. As for audio/sound engineering being a sub-discipline of electrical engineering, can anyone else confirm this?

 

[kylem]

http://www.ece.illinois.edu/students/grad/overview/bioeng.html

Scroll down and you will see:

Environmental and Physical Acoustics

Computer Music Synthesis

Audio Engineering

 

[Andy Resnick]

My alma mater just built a kick-a$$ new facility:

http://empac.rpi.edu/about/

I know EEs and CSE's who are working there are drooling over the toys, like, constantly.