Electronic Sound

General

Prefix

MUSM

Course Number

433

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

Development of audio recording and editing skills using portable digital recorders and in the studio. Sound-art projects reflecting different styles of fixed-media electroacoustic art based on recorded sound. History and literature of electroacoustic music.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Understand and become familiar with the principles of acoustics and psychoacoustics.

Outcome

Understand and become familiar with history and literature of fixed-media electroacoustic music and develop analytical approaches to fixed-media electroacoustic music.

Outcome

Develop skills for editing and mixing sound using DAW software.

Outcome

Develop skills using microphones and a DAW to record sound and will develop skills using microphones and a portable digital recording device to record sound.

Outcome

Develop skills using plug-in signal processing software to transform sound.

Outcome

Develop skills using a desktop computer to produce Red-Book Audio spec CDs.

Outcome

Develop the concept application and project management skills by creating fixed-media electroacoustic works demonstrating a variety of techniques and styles of music in this genre since 1950.

Outcome

Develop the concept application and project management skills by creating and presenting a finished acoustical work to the public during the course of the semester.

Dependencies

Courses

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Programs

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