Comprising:-
50% Creation and performance of a 25 minute live set with suitable room for improvisation. (Learning outcomes 1 and 3)
50% Written report (1500 words) documenting the development of your set (Learning outcome 2)

Prepare and implement a live performance using software.
Perform a live remix and DJ techniques.
Incorporate prior knowledge gained in level 4 into a live environment. This will involve using MIDI, Audio and Audio effects processing.
Real-time time stretching, granular synthesis and audio warping.
Improvisation methods for use in a live situation.

3 hours per week lecture/practical (groups of 30) x 12 weeks

Suitable Live Software application (Ableton Live)
MIDI Controller keyboard
Headphones
Amplification and speakers
Possible venue for live performance - F14 lecture theatre (subject to change)

Prior study of CE00146-4 Audio Processing or equivalent

Brewster, Bill & Broughton, Frank (2006), Last night a DJ saved my life: the history of the disc jocket, Headline Book Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-0755313983
Broughton, Frank & Brewster, Bill (2006) How to DJ (properly): the art and science of playing records, Bantam Press, ISBN-13: 978-0593058114
Delaney, M (2006) Ableton Live 5: Tips and Tricks, PC Publishing, ISBN: 1870775090
Hill, D (2003) Making Music with Ableton Live, PC Publishing, ISBN: 1870775880
Emerson, Simon (2007) Living Electornic Music, Ashgate, Aldershot UK, ISBN-13: 978-0754655480