COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOFTWARES FOR MUSICAL DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBS 3008 SOFTWARES FOR MUSICAL DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Music Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SUAT VERGILI

Offered to

Music Sciences
Musicology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students a general insight into the properties, shortcuts and efficient usage of basic audio recording and editing software.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Perform basic editing and analysis over audio data
2   Perform operations for music creation and arranging
3   Use the shortcuts and unique properties of the software
4   Identify the relationships between different software and being able to apply the same editing procedures in different software individually,
5   Incorporate each software and functions in musicology related research and applications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to DAW, Sound Editing and Recording Software
2 Steinberg Wavelab
3 Sony Soundforge
4 Adobe Audition
5 Fruity Loops
6 Reaper
7 Cakewalk Sonar
8 Reason (Controls, Modules)
9 Reason (Recording, Editing, Rewire)
10 Ableton Live (Controls, Session and Arrangement Windows)
11 Ableton Live (Recording, Editing, Looping and Real Time Effects)
12 Cubase (Preferences, Edit & Mix Windows)
13 Cubase (Recording, Editing and Controls)
14 Cubase (Plug-ins, MIDI; Sample Projects)

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.80 + ATT * 0.20


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The course will be carried out with presentations of individual software. Student will be given an assignment to research individual software to be presented in class. The presentations will be made using powerpoint and have to be supported with sample projects. If possible students are encouraged to deliver these projects to their classmates in order for them to practice and apply the procedures on their own.
The students are finally required to prepare a comprehensive paper from their presentations to be admitted to the course instructor at the end of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% course attendance is mandatory.
The students are responsible with the use of the computer lab, recording studio and all the equipment.
Students who wish to practice individually or as a group should inform the course instructor and schedule their practice sessions taking available lab hours into account.
Only students taking this course are allowed to attend courses and practice sessions. No one else other than the attendants of the course should be allowed in the lab or the studio, even if he/she is a student of the music technology department or not.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suat.vergili@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Workdays at 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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