Music as Audio - MUS00065M
- Department: Music
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- To study the techniques, technologies and aesthetics of audio production for acoustic art music, with particular attention on stereo capture of simultaneous performance within concert venues.
- To engage with literature that discusses the effect of recording and reproduction upon this kind of music.
- To explore methods for acquiring, storing, editing, processing and presenting audio signals in a professional manner (i.e. with optimal fidelity and in ways which retain and convey the meaning of the music). To explain how quality criteria can vary across musical and production styles.
- To develop listening skills to assess the quality and nature of music signals and demonstrate how these can be applied in the studio environment.
Module learning outcomes
Subject content:
- Students should understand the dominant approaches to capturing the sound of acoustic art music performances, and the effect of these approaches on the music itself.
- Students should be able to competently capture, store, edit, process and distribute recordings of acoustic music and assess their degree of success in each of these.
- Students should be able to evaluate and describe through listening recordings of acoustic music, as well as being able to suggest remedial or aesthetic changes.
Academic and graduate skills:
- Working to a specific product brief
- Autonomous task planning, research and implementation
- Ability to advance individual knowledge and understanding
- Inter-personal communication skills
- Initiative
- Problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Commitment and motivation
- Analytic skills
- Self-management
- Self-motivation
- Organisation and planning
- Time management and prioritisation
- Engagement with the unfamiliar
- Independent learning
- Reviewing progress
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
- Marks and feedback will be provided within the University designated turn around time.
Indicative reading
- Katz, Mark Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music, University of California Press
- Rumsey, Francis and McCormick, Tim Sound and Recording, Focal Press
- Borwick, John (ed.) Sound Recording Practice, Focal Press
- Watkinson, John Introduction to Digital Audio, Focal Press
- Everest, F. Alton Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals, Course Technology
- Borwick, John, Microphones, Focal Press