Lecture: 2 hours /week
Lab: 3 hours/week
In this courses, students will participate in lectures and demonstrations, working alongside the instructor, in the large studios or Technology Lab. Students will be expected to complete regular assignments and projects outside of class time. These will be done in the large studios.
- Routing signals through a large studio console and patchbay, including equalization, inserts, busses, monitoring
- Advanced drum-recording techniques, including Recorderman, Glynn Johns, MS (mid side) and ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française)
- Microphone "shootouts" (listening tests for common microphone applications), including vocals, drums, wind instruments, etc.
- Recording and mixing acoustic guitar using various microphone techniques and setups
- Recording and mixing piano using various microphone techniques and setups
- Using digital filters for complex multi-stage filtering operations
- Pro Tools production techniques, including virtual instruments, elastic audio, editing, advanced mixing and automation
- Working with Indigenous culture, communities and musicians in the studio, when possible
- Manipulating and rearranging samples (editing, pitch shifting, warping and restructuring samples)
- Quantizing drums using Beat Detective and Elastic Audio
- Beat-mapping in Pro Tools, matching the song tempo to the grid; for fixed or variable tempos
- Advanced vocal production techniques: recording multiple layers of vocals, synching them rhythmically, applying pitch correction
- Importing and exporting files from various DAWs (digital audio workstations)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Craft studio-quality drum tracks using advanced drum-recording techniques;
- Select and position microphones appropriately for specific recording applications;
- Automate mix parameters within a digital audio workstation;
- Shape audio signals using advanced digital signal processing;
- Produce and edit audio projects in Pro Tools according to industry standards;
- Observe intellectual property and Indigenous cultural rights as they relate to music technology, including sampling, production and distribution processes;
- Apply the 4 Rs of Indigenous Education (Respect, Reciprocity, Relevance and Responsibility) to professional practices in music technology.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
The following is an example evaluation scheme:
| Quizzes (minimum of 2) | 30% |
| Midterm project | 25% |
| Final project | 35% |
| Professionalism | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Professionalism is assessed on consistent attendance, punctuality, taking responsibility for deadlines, constructive and considerate interpersonal communication and contribution to class discussion and group work.
Instructors may use a student's record of attendance and/or level of active participation as part of the student's graded performance. Expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
This is a letter-graded course.
No texts or materials are required. All required hardware and software for the completion of assignments and projects is available in the studio
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