Debit (Delia Beatriz) is an adjunct professor in NYU’s Music Technology program whose classroom reflects her research-driven artistry. She treats every syllabus as a living archive, encouraging students to trace how sounds, instruments, and platforms emerge—and to interrogate the cultural, economic, and algorithmic forces that shape them. Beyond NYU, she is a regular voice on international forums and panels (Audio Engineering Society, UNAM’s Aleph, MUTEK Montréal & Mexico, Rewire Festival, and more), where she shares insight on archival practice, live-performance design, and AI’s impact on musical aesthetics. In both public talks and coursework she combines hands-on production with critical reading and site-responsive labs, equipping students with technical fluency and the analytical tools to imagine more equitable futures for electronic music.
Courses
Course
Snapshot
Global Electronic Music
Surveys electronic-music lineages from early tape experiments to AI-driven scenes, contextualising Jamaican dub, Detroit techno, South African gqom, and beyond. Weekly labs turn these histories into original productions, annotated playlists, and critical essays.
Electronic Music Performance (EMP)
Workshop-based: weekly readings, peer critique, and iterative practice. Students develop selected pieces, refine them through in-class feedback, and present multiple live performances over the semester.
Computer-Music Synthesis
Deep investigation of sound generation in Max, and Ableton Operator. Students design additive, FM, granular, and spectral instruments while examining the historical and sociopolitical contexts of synthesis—from ancient aerophones to modern DSP.
