Music Studio Machines

Catalog description

Music Studio Machines is an intermediate experimental music production and audio engineering class designed for performing arts students interested in exploring the theory, art, technique and workflow of the recording studio environment. Each student will create a singular body of work while working as one collaborative multi-functional unit - composing, performing, engineering, writing, producing and assisting on each other's music projects, all while pursuing their own individual sound, style and composition methods. Topics include synthesizing electronic sound using analog and digital hardware and software, field recordings, sampling, recording acoustic instruments and vocals, sound processing and effects. Ableton Live will be our main sequencing tool with an emphasis on songwriting and composition, audio and MIDI recording, arranging, editing and mixing techniques. Through weekly recording assignments, listening sessions, group exercises and sound experiments, we will deepen our understanding of sound and song structure. At the end of this course each student will have created an album of work.