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MUSC 397 Digital Scoring for Media Units: 3.00
This hands-on, project-based course provides knowledge in digital tools commonly used for musical scoring and sound design in film/video and video games, including MIDI and Digital Audio Workstation software. Students will create music and sound for a variety of media forms.
Learning Hours: 120 (18 Lecture, 18 Laboratory, 24 Online Activity, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 3 or above and one of (MUSC 156/3.0; MUSC 158/3.0; MUSC 159/3.0; MUSC 254/3.0; MUSC 255/6.0; MUSC 256/3.0; MAPP 311/3.0).
Course Equivalencies: MUSC 397, MUSC 397B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate technical facility with Virtual Instruments and Digital Audio Workstation Software by completing short technical exercises, and longer creative projects.
- Through analysis of repertoire, gain an understanding of the techniques and principles of virtual and 鈥渞eal鈥� orchestration in a variety of contexts, and demonstrate this understanding by applying such practices in their creative work.
- Develop and apply techniques and strategies for the creation of new works in response to given materials (i.e., audio recordings, notated scores, visual media).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of virtual instruments by creating their own sampler- and synthesizer-based virtual instruments for use in their creative work.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify strengths, weaknesses, and pathways for improvement in their own creative work by completing written self-assessments of creative projects.