Lectures and interactive laboratory/demonstration sessions. 3 hrs per week consisting of a 1hr lecture and 2 hr practical lab (1:n)1 (1:20)2

The primary objective of this class is to allow the student to gain practical compositional experience working within a MIDI & Digital Audio workstation environment. Topics will include: sequencing and digital audio recording with Apple?s Logic Studio: data entry, notation, playback, editing, mixing, and file/archival management; sampling and synthesis using Logic?s many on-board software synthsizers and digital signal processing with Logic?s DSP plug-ins. We will also cover basic MIDI, synthesis and signal processing theory. Compositional and arranging strategies and techniques will be presented, discussed and developed over the course of the semester.
Primary mode of presentation is through classroom demonstration. Also included are: lectures when appropriate and a Blackboard course that provides easy access to a variety of video tutorials, links to informative websites, a streaming audio listening list, a variety of reading assignments and use of the Blackboard Discussion Board for critiques of work-in-progress and discussion of listening and reading materials that will be selected from the list below.
Logic Studio (Pro 8) continues to be an industry standard by providing a powerful combination of MIDI & Audio sequencing and production tools to composers and musicians working in virtually any style or medium. Students will learn how to use the software and hardware by performing a wide variety of tutorials and by addressing specific sequencing, recording or musical problems in class and through directed assignments. The creation of compositions of various types, from conventional songs to noisescapes realized through the use of Logic, will be the primary focus of the course work. One or more of the projects will involve scoring a video soundtrack and there will be opportunities for collaborative projects with students from the Media Arts Dept., through the New Media Collaborative, that allow creation of multi-media projects, gallery exhibitions and performances of various kinds. In addition, there will be a variety of reading, listening and writing assignments. This material will be drawn from articles about various aspects or styles of electronic music and pieces from the classical and current electronic music repertoire.

A COURSEWORK weighted at 100%.

100% in-course assessment. Due to the cumulative nature of the skills acquired through material covered in this course, this will take the form of,

1. Weekly Assignments / Quizzes (12-14) - weighting 50%
Assessing Learning Outcome 2.

2. Final Project Portfolio - weighting 50%
Assessing Learning Outcome 1.

David Nahmani (2007) Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8 Peachpit Press
ISBN-10: 0-321-50292-2 / ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50292-6

David Dvorin (2008) Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 8 Beyond the Basics Peachpit Press
ISBN-10: 0-321-50288-4 /ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50288-9

Level 1 CE00138-1 Music and Musical Instrument Technology 1 and
Level 1 CE00139-1 Music and Musical Instrument Technology 2 or equivalent.
(Please contact module tutor for clarification if necessary)
Students who study this module at the University of Hartford are not allowed to study CE00135-2 Creative Music Design at Stafford during level 3

- A notebook:
- A bunch of CD-R / CD-RW or, DVD-R / DVD-RW or other back-up medium (flash drive, portable hard drive etc.) which will be used to store, back-up and/or hand in your files/assignments as needed.