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ATS1048 - Creative music technology 1

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Coordinator(s)

Mr Ben Grayson

Offered

Clayton

First semester 2016 (Day)

Notes

The unit has a compulsory ensemble componentensemble component (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/music/category/performance-studies/student-ensembles/). Some ensembles are subject to audition. Normally, auditions take place in Week 1 of the semester. Please see the unit guide for further information.
Students who fail this unit will need permission from their instrumental coordinator in order to repeat the unit.

Synopsis

The unit draws together students from various levels of musical experience at pre-tertiary level and consolidates fundamental skills in creative music technology. Students develop technical skills by completing tasks that demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of computers, synthesizers and audio recording equipment in a studio setting. Students also begin to formalise conceptual ideas concerning the use of music technology and music programming this prepares them for the next unit in the sequence, ATS1049 Creative music technology 2.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

Demonstrate the fundamental conventions of computer recording and music programing;
Demonstrate knowledge of basic sound synthesis;
Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of audio signal flow in a studio situation;
Demonstrate musicianship through composition and music programming;
Demonstrate knowledge of relevant repertoire and music technology genres through programming compositions.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Ben Grayson

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Creative music technology
Ethnomusicology and musicology

Prerequisites

This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Music single or double degree - Creative music technology or Ethnomusicology and musicology specialisations.

Prohibitions

ATS1349