Module Details

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Title SAMPLING AND REMIXING
Code MUSI213
Coordinator Professor M Fairclough
Music
Mattf@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 5 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

To introduce students to mixing and production techniques in a DAW

To enable students to use a DAW to professionally produce electronic music

To develop students’ audio editing techniques to a high level in a creative context

To develop students’ knowledge of synthesis and sampling technologies


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To understand and identify the techniques of electronic music production

(LO2) An ability to apply a range of audio editing techniques in a DAW

(LO3) An ability to mix and master an electronic composition in a DAW

(LO4) An ability to use a range of software synthesizers effectively

(LO5) An ability to create and use a sample-based instrument

(S1) Independent working

(S2) Organisational skills

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Following instructions/protocols/procedures

(S4) Advanced computer music skills


Syllabus

 

• The history and electronic music and sampling

• Advance audio editing, time correction, warping and time stretching

• Groove templates, quantizing and beat matching

• Sampling and sample instruments

• Synthesis and sampling techniques

• Mixing electronic music in a DAW


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching method: Lectures
Description: The music department Mac Suites. Students are shown musical examples and audio production techniques applicable in popular electronic music production. Software techniques are demonstrated in lectures and time is allowed for practice and consolidation if the skills are covered.
Attendance recorded: Yes
Notes: The lectures focus on audio editing, sampling and synthesis theory and applications in DAW software.

Teaching method: Workshops
Description: A shorter session primarily for students to practise and consolidate the techniques covered in lectures. These sessions will also devote time to listening to examples and familiarisation with electronic music genres.
Attendance recorded: No
Notes: The session are for practise time and also directed listening and discussion to enable students to become more familiar with a range of electronic music genres.

Self-directed learning: Students will need to both experiment with and practise the techniques covered in lectures and seminars. They should spend a minimum of two hours per week practising and preparing audio material in the department's Mac Suites. There will be a listening list as well as a reading list and students will need to become familiar with a range of electronic music genres to better position themselves and their practice within a wider context.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

        66

36

24

150
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 0
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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Assessment ID: Remix production project (Coursework 2) Assessment Description: remix production project completed in Apple's Logic. This assessment will focus on sample-based composition using stems  3-3.5 minute product    60       
Assessment ID: Remix Production (Coursework 1) Assessment Description: Remix production project completed in Apple's Logic. This assessment will focus on sample-based composition, using samples from  3-3.5 minute product    40       

Recommended Texts

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