COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STUDIO SOFTWARES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTA 2058 STUDIO SOFTWARES II COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Music Technology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ALP VAROL

Offered to

Music Technology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students a detailed insight into the properties, shortcuts and efficient usage of the industry standard digital audio workstation software, ProTools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Perform the ProTools functions and abilities with efficiency,
2   Relate ProTools operations to different applications in audio industry (such as music recording, Music editing, arranging, audio for video etc.),
3   Use the shortcuts and unique properties of the software,
4   Use the advanced editing and mixing tools ProTools offers (Elastic Audio, Beat Detective, Audiosuite and RTAS Plug-ins etc.),
5   Develop the skills required to perform creative recording, editing and mixing operations over ProTools.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MTA 2057 - Studio Softwares I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to ProTools
2 New Project, File and Folder Structure, Basic Preferences
3 Edit Window and Controls (Edit Window, Edit Modes, Timeline and Rulers)
4 Editing Tools, Mix Window and Transport
5 ProTools Channel Types, Regions, Track, Group and Region Panes
6 Alternative applications with Channels
7 Command Key Focus Mode
8 Midterm Exam
9 ProTools Audiosuite and RTAS Plug-ins
10 Beat Detective
11 Elastic Audio
12 Creative Editing in ProTools
13 ProTools Project I
14 ProTools Project II

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be carried out with lectures and real-time applications. The course instructor explains the operations and shows them to the students. All students apply the operations individually in order to internalize the software. Each week new operations, properties and techniques are shown to maintain a steady improvement. Assignments may also be given.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparing assignments 4 2 8
Preparation for tutorial exam 10 1 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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