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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2015 - 2016
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Description The aims of the module are twofold: 1. To develop a critical understanding of the use of sound and music in multimedia. 2. To give students a practical introduction to the planning and implementation of audio and music components in mm projects. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Operate a recording studio during a live radio broadcast. 2. Show proficiency in the use and application of location recording technologies. 3. Manipulate, edit and produce sound recordings using digital software. 4. Appraise the work of sound artists. 5. Produce a major sound work for integration into a multimedia environment. 6. Design and produce sound for linear and responsive media 7. Mix sound from both musical and environmental sources. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Module DeliveryThis module is delivered through a series of lectures, workshops, seminars, resource-based learning and demonstrations.Hearing and spectral content of sound:Frequency domain, fundamentals, harmonics, subharmonics & overtones. Principles of hearing:-Psycho-acoustics Principles of reproduction: monitoring, speakers and environmentSound Design for Moving ImageRecording source audio for moving images. Foley recording and design Film Soundtrack and musicDigital Audio Recording.Microphone Techniques & Location recording The recording studio for dubbing and voice over & Multi-track recording.Multimedia Sound and MusicThe semiotics of sound and music; cymatics; sound/colour theories; synaesthesia; sound narratives; silence; acoustic ecology.Synthesis and Sampling;Sound synthesise: additive, subtractive, modulation and granular MIDIDigital Signal ProcessingMulti-track Mixing: Editing, Effects & Processing:( equalisation, compression and reverberation)Audio for responsive/ interactive environments:Sound design for installations Sound design for games, Algorithmic Audio composition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 3342, Handouts:, Training handouts, 0, 3343, Readings, Project Brief, 0, Course related readings, 4853, Audio:, Examples, exercises and listening training, 0, 3346, Video, Course related video support, 0, 4854, Website, WALTER MURCH, 0, Stretching Sound to Help the Mind See, http://www.filmsound.org/murch/stretching.htm, 4855, Website, Walter Murch, 2005, DENSE CLARITY – CLEAR DENSITY, http://transom.org/?page_id=7006, 4856, Website, 0, The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music, http://thewire.co.uk/, 4857, Website, 0, Interference Journal, http://www.interferencejournal.com/, 4858, Website, Ira Glass, 0, Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass, http://transom.org/?p=20139, 4859, Video, Bob Katz, 0, Music mastering and loudness Part 1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgamkLkXW8, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Programme or List of Programmes |
GDMM | Graduate Diploma in Multimedia |
MMM | MSc Multimedia |
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