Music Production Fundamentals

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use computing and IT resources as relevant to the domain
• Work independently and demonstrate critical self-awareness

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Fundamentals of music and sound mixing in the Digital Audio Workstation
• Recording and sound equipment, processes and techniques
• Basic MIDI and audio editing techniques

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select appropriate tools to control specific audio features.
• Assess the quality of a recording and identify potential issues.
• Identify and utilise connections between technical parameters and audio outcomes.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Produce an appropriate mix of musical material combining a number of sources.
• Use a range of techniques to capture music/sound using software
• Deploy a range of editing techniques to manipulate music and sound on computer

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Digital project

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

Group Assignment

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: written feedback via eAssignment
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: Yes

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.