Sound Recording 3b: Studio (U00891)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-MRecord3b

An introduction to sound recording in the studio, including: multi-track recording; post-production; sound recording and its cultural context; radio drama/sound effects; sound and documentary; film sound; and the creative use of sound (electroacoustic composition). Lectures will include technical and contextual topics. The numbers admitted to this course are limited.

? Keywords : music technology sound recording

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Sound Recording 3a: Location

? Prohibited combinations : This course is not available to students on the BA Humanities and Social Science.

? Costs : Purchase of recording media.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Lectures week 1,2,4,7,9 and 11. Demonstrations held in the Electroacoustic Music Studios in smaller groups (assigned in freshers' week) weeks 3,5,8 and 10.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

+ Students will be able to make recordings in various styles within a studio setting with confidence and with an awareness of the technical and aesthetic issues such recordings involve.
+ They will gain a basic understanding of the cultural and aesthetic issues that surround the making of sound recordings for radio drama, documentary and film.
+ They will be able to operate a recording studio based around a hard disk recording system with technical confidence.
+ They will have a basic understanding of the uses of sound recording in the context of electroacoustic music.

Assessment Information

One edited studio recording, mastered to CD (30%); One free recording, mastered to CD (40%); One report on both recordings (no more than 1,500 words) including list of takes where necessary (15%); One set of course work comprising three recording projects assigned throughout the semester (15%).