Studio skills assessment

1 - Practical skills assessment - 20

Tracking and mixing project and written commentary

2 - Project output (other than dissertation) - 80

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Topics may include: 
<ul><li>Recording a band </li></ul>
<ul><li>Comping and take management </li></ul>
<ul><li>Mix preparation and editing </li></ul>
<ul><li>Gain staging </li></ul>
<ul><li>Advanced signal flow and routing: subgroups, busses and inserts </li></ul>
<ul><li>Effects processing </li></ul>
<ul><li>Sound stage: balance and panning </li></ul>
<ul><li>Advanced EQ techniques for voices, instruments, and subgroups </li></ul>
<ul><li>Dynamics and sidechain processing </li></ul>
<ul><li>Finishing and printing the mix </li></ul>

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

In-Person - 

Self-directed - 

The Audio Expert. 

Eargle’s Microphone Book. 

 Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

 Modern Recording Techniques: A Practical Guide to Modern Music   Production. 

Recording Studio Design

London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Women in the Studio: Creativity, Control and Gender in Popular Music Sound   Production.

 Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, Inc. 

Math Fundamentals for Audio. 

 Practical Recording Techniques

 Logic Pro: Professional Music Production. 

Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools. 

Music Production: Recording: A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and   Musicians. 

MU1503 - Studio Recording 2: Tracking, Mixing, and Producing

MU1503-PRD2-PER-ALV1

This module is delivered through practical classes encompassing hands-on learning, guided listening, workshops, and small group activities. You are encouraged to undertake extensive reading, listening and independent study to understand the topics covered in practical classes. Tutorials are provided to support your preparation for assessments. Key learning and teaching resources are available on Moodle. 
 
Self-directed learning hours are for independent study and account for the minimum amount of time you should spend studying independently. Self-directed learning includes practicing and reflecting on techniques learned in class, reading widely to develop a deeper understanding of the subject, carrying out tasks set on Moodle, and completing individual assignments and other homework.

Studio Recording 2: Tracking, Mixing, and Producing

Describe mixing best practices, including groups, bussing, and gain staging 

Knowledge

Deliver a finished mix in industry standard formats 

Skills

Show effective use of core mixing and signal processing techniques, including balance, panning, EQ, and dynamics processing 

Set up and run a tracking session for a band 

Identify and apply mixing and signal processing techniques, particularly balance, panning, EQ, and dynamics processing 

Communicate effectively with artists during the recording process 

Values and attitudes

Show care and attention to detail when working in the studio 

Define and identify all aspects of the recording and production process, from tracking through to printing and delivering the mix 