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Programme and Module Handbook
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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module MUSI51830: Studio Techniques

Department: Music

MUSI51830: Studio Techniques

Type Level Credits Availability Module Cap Location
Open 4 30 Available in 2007/2008 Durham

Pre-requisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations

  • None

Aims

  • To train students in the art and practice of sound synthesis and signal processing using the resources of the electroacoustic music studios.

Content

  • Students are introduced to a broad range of analogue and digital techniques with a view to their application for composition by the systematic practical study of the folowing subjects:
  • the capture and processing of acoustic sound sources using analogue and digital recording systems;
  • the synthesis of sounds by digital mans, including both additive and FM methods;
  • the use of analogue and digital signal processors to shape and modify source material of both natural and synthetic origin;
  • the techniques of MIDI.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Seminars 0
Preparation and Reading 0
Total 300

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Essay 100% Essay 100%

Formative Assessment

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.