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ATS1049

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

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

  • Second 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.

Synopsis

The unit consolidates and extends fundamental skills in creative music technology developed in ATS1048 Creative music technology 1. Students further develop technical skills by completing tasks with computers, synthesizers, and audio recording equipment in a live performance and studio settings. Students also apply conceptual ideas concerning the use of music technology to performance or recorded works, and this prepares them for the study of intermediate level creative music technology techniques in the next unit in the sequence, ATS2129 Creative music technology 3.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

  1. Demonstrate fundamental conventions of computer recording and music programming, including mixing and mastering, beyond the foundational level attained after completing ATS1048 Creative music technology 1;
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of sound synthesis, beyond the foundational level attained after completing ATS1048 Creative music technology 1;
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of audio signal flow in a large studio situation, beyond the foundational level attained after completing ATS1048 Creative music technology 1;
  4. Demonstrate musicianship through conceptual performance and improvisation utilising music technology;
  5. Demonstrate knowledge of relevant repertoire and music technology genres through programming compositions beyond the foundational level attained after completing ATS1048 Creative music technology 1.

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.

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Chief examiner(s)

Mr Ben Grayson

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

Creative music technology
Ethnomusicology and musicology

Prerequisites

ATS1048 OR ATS1349
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

ATS1350