MEC.TECHMUSIC / ENGINEERING / CODING

FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
A NEW WAY INTO MUSICCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Hands playing a homemade digital instrument
THE IDEA IS IN YOUR HANDS.01—08

SOUNDIS BUILT.

Music is something you can make.
So is the technology behind it.

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SCROLL TO FIND YOUR FREQUENCYCREATE / CODE / CONNECT
02 / MUSIC BECOMES DATALISTEN CLOSER

Every sound
has a structure.

SOUND01SIGNAL02CODE03

Hear a sound. Find its pattern.
Learn to shape what happens next.

sound = [ 0.00, 0.71, 1.00, 0.71 ]
03 / CODE BECOMES INSTRUMENTFROM A LINE TO A LIVE NOTE

Make the thing
that makes the sound.

Programming, electronics and sound design.
Connected by your imagination.

01 / PROGRAMMING
const note = sensor.read();
const frequency = map(note);
synth.play(frequency);
02 / ELECTRONICS
03 / SOUND DESIGN
Sensor wires and controls on a student-built musical instrument
04 / DIGITAL INSTRUMENT
PROGRAMCONNECTSHAPEPLAY
TRY A NOTE
04 / BUILD. BREAK. DISCOVER.LEARNING WITH YOUR HANDS

Less theory.
More possibility.

A room full of questions.
A table full of experiments.

MEC students learning together in a music technology workshop
THE WORKSHOP / START WITH A QUESTION
An educator helping a student work on a laptop
THE EXPERIMENT / MAKE IT YOUR OWN
LEARN BY MAKING

Ideas get better
when you try them.

05 / AN OPEN QUESTIONMUSIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Curiosity,
connected.

Explore how technology changes the way we create and interact with music.

WHAT
IF?
EXPLORE A CONNECTION

Find patterns in sound. Explore acoustics and signal processing as tools for musical expression.

A year-long research assistantship guided by Ian Hattwick, connecting students with music technology research at MIT.

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Students performing with laptops and live code projected behind them
06 / MAKE IT HEARDCODE. SOUND. PERFORMANCE.

FROM YOURmind.TO THEstage.

THE MOMENT IT ALL CONNECTS

Your instrument.
Your composition.
Your way of being heard.

07 / THE PEOPLE MAKE IT

NOTES FROM THE EXPERIENCE
MEC students and educators celebrating together
LEARNING, TOGETHER
…expand our creativity
in both music
and coding.

Edouard F.MEC.TECH student

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08 / YOUR NEXT FREQUENCYSTART WITH CURIOSITY

CREATE.CODE.CONNECT.

Bring your curiosity.
Make something only you could.

SUMMER PROGRAM / 2026HELD AT MIT · CAMBRIDGE, MADETAILS AND APPLICATION ON MEC.TECH

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