COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STUDIO SOFTWARES I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTA 2057 STUDIO SOFTWARES I 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 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   Familiarize themselves with the software they are likely to encounter in audio recording industry,
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   Use the software with speed and efficiency as required by the audio industry.

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)

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching 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 Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1 70% course attendance is mandatory.
2 The students are responsible with the use of the computer lab, recording studio and all the equipment.
3 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.
4 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)

Kuruçeşme, DEÜ TINAZTEPE, Doğuş Cd. No:209 35390, Buca/Izmir

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Preparation for tutorial exam 10 1 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11351551311311
LO.21351551311311
LO.313515513
LO.415515513
LO.515155513