MUS1005 : Recording in the Music Studio (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Rob Mackay
- Demonstrator: Mr David De La Haye
- Teaching Assistant: Mr Fred Hollingsworth, Mr Phil Begg
- Owning School: Arts & Cultures
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module seeks to explore the skills and operations needed when using sound recording technology to record music. Development of this skill can be useful to themselves as artists and performers, also as producers, and as educators who may be required to record their students. The module will enable the student to understand, analyse and demonstrate ability in the operation of different types of hardware and software that can be found in home and professional recording studios. By the close of the module the student should be able to assist a professional recording engineer during the recording and/or producing of live music.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module begins with an introduction to music production and the safe working practices of recording equipment, before moving onto the fundamentals of audio, the range and placement of microphones, how to record drums, audio perception, acoustics and psychoacoustics, the aesthetics of recording and experimental recording techniques.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Introductory online video/lecture and materials |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | Asynchronous online lecture material with associated tasks. |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 8 | 2:00 | 16:00 | Reflect on the learning outcomes and skills in relation to the assessment |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 2 | 2:00 | 4:00 | Asynchronous online lecture material with associated tasks. |
| Structured Guided Learning | Academic skills activities | 1 | 0:30 | 0:30 | Introductory online video by the student introducing themselves to the learning group. |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 8 | 2:00 | 16:00 | Reflect and research the learning outcomes and skills in relation to professional practice |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 8 | 2:00 | 16:00 | Asynchronous online learning using hardware and software associated with Digital Audio Workstations. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 6 | 1:30 | 9:00 | Synchronous online small group teaching with discussion of the associated tasks. Students will be p |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured non-synchronous discussion | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | Synchronous online discussion of lecture material and associated tasks. |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 23:30 | 23:30 | Analyse & evaluate learning and create from the skills being explored |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Students will be taught in a mix of large and small group scheduled learning activities so that they have directed learning as a collective and then guided learning in smaller groups, each session then leads to a formative task so that the direction of learning travel is towards independent application of the skills shown during each week of teaching. This moving of the learning environment from large, to small group, to self is an important stage in the repeated building of competence and confidence of the student to explore the skills and operations needed to record music using a Digital Audio Workstation.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design/Creative proj | 1 | A | 50 | Submission of a multitrack recording, circa 3 mins |
| Reflective log | 1 | A | 50 | Brief - consider techniques & skills from professional, critical, reflective practice. Circa 1200 words |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design/Creative proj | 1 | A | These assessments will be set in response to studio based tasks. |
| Written exercise | 1 | A | These assessments will be set in response to reflection on studio based tasks. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Students not only need to become proficient in the use of hardware and software commonly found in Digital Audio Workstations as this will most likely form part of their professional life after graduation; this will be assessed within the creative project. However, they also need to become critical of their own practice so that they can continue to develop their skills and also enable them to move towards a potential area of activity as a songwriter and/or music producer, this will be assessed within the reflective log.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MUS1005's Timetable