The module is divided into two sections; digital audio recording and production which includes an introduction to the practice and theory of digital audio recording, mixing and mastering, and digital audio sequencing which covers the study and development of ability in the handling of sequencing and MIDI control along with an introduction to basic audio signal processing.

This module is delivered by a mixture of studio practicals, critical listening, reading and self-directed study.

Practical: 74 hours, Consolidation: 40 hours, Reading: 44 hours, Self-Directed Study: 122 hours, Assessment: 20 hours  

This module is a seminar and lecture series introducing you to a diverse range of issues and perspectives related to recent and current cultures in music and the sonic arts.

The focus will be on central historical and philosophical threads of the last century to contextualise contemporary sound- and music-making. Exploring individual artists and thinkers, broad aesthetic movements, and the development and impact of technologies on culture, music and sound. Listening will be a key activity: inquisitive, contextual, critical and analytical.

This module is delivered through lectures, critical listening workshops, reading and self-directed study.

Lecture: 48 hours, Workshop: 24 hours, Listening: 56 hours, Self-directed study: 144 hours, Assessment: 28 hours

An understanding of how sound works is essential in developing an appreciation of, and an ability to work with, sound as a medium. This module first familiarises you with the physical/acoustical foundations of musical sounds. You will study sounds through both waveform and spectral representations and understand how temporal and spectral acoustical features relate to the primary perceptual parameters such as musical pitch, dynamics, and timbre.

The module is block taught over 7 weeks, delivered by a mixture of lectures, workshops, listening, reading and self-directed study.

Lecture: 24 hours, Workshop: 12 hours, Practical: 36 hours, Reading: 40 hours, Reflection: 70 hours Self-directed study: 94 hours, Assessment: 24 hours

This module covers a wide range of creative applications for technology in music-making, both compositional and performative, focusing on the study of genres, styles, repertoire, and techniques. Lectures, practical work and self-directed study enable you to develop an understanding of the range of practices, contexts, paradigms and techniques that are associated with music and the sonic arts in the contemporary world.

The module is block taught over 7 weeks, delivered by a mix of workshops, listening, reading and self-directed study. Workshops will focus on listening and analytical exercises in early weeks, along with group discussion. In later weeks, they will turn to peer listening and tutorial support for work in progress.

Workshop: 72 hours, Self-directed study: 188 hours, Assessment: 40 hours    

This is an open module designed for you to undertake a short intense project to allow the development of specialist creative, technical, professional and/or research-led skills, while simultaneously developing professional practice.

Special thematic sub-projects, supported by lectures, workshops, and personal tutorials, are offered each year, from which you may choose one or more across the duration of the module. Indicative examples of sub-projects include:

• Improvisation Ensemble 
• Sensors and interfaces  
• Advanced Synthesis & Sequencing 
• Electronic Instrument Building  
• Coding or Live Coding 
• Spatial Performance 
• Spatial Composition 

For each chosen project, you will devise ways of promoting and presenting work, both collectively (e.g. organising a group performance) and individually (e.g. accumulating a personal portfolio) within a public forum.

Teaching will vary according to the projects undertaken, but will comprise lecture and seminar activity, technical instruction, contextual and critical study within regular workshops. Work towards your projects will be guided through tutorial support.

Workshop: 44 hours, Tutorial: 12 hours, Reading: 40 hours, Reflection: 60 hours, Self-directed study: 104 hours, Assessment: 40 hours

Covers the technical and aesthetic considerations of the creation original musical compositions and sound designs in a variety of audio-visual contexts.

Content includes application of existing skills and the development of new skills in relation to designing sound and context-specific compositional strategies in a range of "real-world" scenarios, focusing primarily on sound and moving image.

The module is block taught over 7 weeks, delivered by a mixture of, workshops, listening, reading and self-directed study. Workshops will bias listening and analytical exercises in early weeks, along with group discussion. In later weeks, they will turn to peer listening and tutorial support for work in progress.

Workshop: 21 hours, Tutorial: 28 hours, Self-directed study: 230 hours, Assessment: 20 hours

Learn more advanced studio recording and production, including detailed knowledge of the nature and physics of acoustic and electronic instruments, microphones, and recording spaces such as studios.

Covering a variety of structured recording, mixing, and production strategies and work practices to enhance efficiency and quality of work, as well as advanced techniques of applying effects and other processing in mixing.

This module is delivered by a mixture of studio practicals, critical listening, reading and self-directed study.

Practical: 74 hours, Consolidation: 40 hours, Reading: 44 hours, Self-Directed Study: 122 hours, Assessment: 20 hours

This module builds upon the foundation of skills acquired in year one, in particular those related to the module Making and Performing with Technology 1.

You will look at the application and development of music technologies in the creation of original works of musical composition or sonic art, as well as exploring the potential for innovative performance paradigms while developing existing ones.

You will use practical work, lectures, workshops and self-directed study to create a body of work for performance or a fixed medium.

The module is block taught over seven weeks, delivered by a mix of workshops, listening, reading and self-directed study.

Workshop: 72 hours, Self-directed study: 188 hours, Assessment: 40 hours  

An opportunity for you to explore music technology in the wider context of multimedia and interdisciplinary practice, while presenting it via local community and public art outlets. You may undertake one or more short intense and thematic projects, supported by lectures, workshops, international links and personal tutorials. Indicative examples of projects include:

• Improvisation Ensemble   
• Composing with Dance 
• Installation Art 
• Dirty Electronics 
• Interactivity 
• Sound for Film and Animation 
• Augmented Reality 
• Audio Visual Music 
• Community Music 

Delivered primarily through independent work (both individually and within collaborative groups) supported by an assigned mentor.

Workshops: 24 hours, Tutorial: 10 hours, Research: 86 hours, Reflection: 180 hours

Developing your technical and contextual knowledge within the framework of professional practice, testing the full breadth of skills needed to be successful in this area. You will experience the audio recording and production process through taught sessions using multichannel studios.

By developing a portfolio of targeted practical projects you will demonstrate confidence with live recording practice, while also developing project management skills, including working in small teams. you may also participate in broadcasts, such as DemonFM, and will compile and produce programme material in a format appropriate for its intended distribution.

Lecture/Large Group: 24 hours, Studio: 48 hours, Workshop: 6 hours, Reading: 40 hours, Self-directed study: 142 hours, Assessment: 40 hours

An opportunity to create a personal portfolio of original creative musical/sonic or multimedia work, plus a reflective writeup. The portfolio will demonstrate a sophisticated approach to the creative use of technology. It may consist of a single large-scale work or multiple smaller works.

Special thematic sub-projects, supported by lectures, workshops, and/or international links, may be offered to help direct individual work. Indicative examples of sub-projects include improvisation ensemble, audio-visual creation, circuit bending, brainwave music, live performance with silent films, etc.

This is mostly delivered through independent work with the support of one-to-one tutoring from a mentor.

Workshop: 36 hours, Tutorial: 10 hours, Research: 18 hours, Reflection and Writing: 16 hours, Self-directed study: 180 hours, Assessment: 40 hours

An in-depth investigation of a music technology topic of your choice and design, supported by an individual tutor. The final research may take the form of a purely written document (a dissertation), or you can choose to deliver a practice-based investigation (a ‘final project’, or ‘final performance project’), in which research is reflected both in written work and a portfolio of creative work that is informed by and/or helps investigate the topic.

The module enables you to advance considerably as independent learners, being able to imagine and define a project of interest to them, plan and manage that project over several weeks, develop their capacity to build their own ideas or creative work on the ideas of others through research, and make arguments and/or articulate the context and ideas behind creative work.

Lecture: 10 hours, Tutorial: 10 hours,  Research: 100 hours, Reflection: 180 hours