Music Technology

Course summary

Music Technology is an exciting subject centred around contemporary music. Students will learn how to sequence, produce, record and mix using a range of hardware and software. Ex-students have progressed to study the subject further at degree level and work within the music industry. We have a recording studio with a range of high-quality equipment that includes: • Neumann TLM-107 condenser microphones X2 • Neumann KM-184 small diaphragm condenser mics X2 • Shure SM58 – X4 • Shure SM57 – X1 • Sennheiser drum microphone kit • Beyer dynamic microphones • Neve 1073 dual high-end mic pre with EQ • Toft Audio stereo compressor • Soundcraft Ghost LE 24-track analogue mixing console • PMC studio monitors • Tascam 34B Analogue tape machine • Roland Juno 6 analogue synthesiser • Moog matriarch analogue synthesiser • Various guitar effects pedals – including Eventide and Korg • Apple iMac workstations running the latest version of Logic Pro X and Sibelius software Music skills are essential and experience at the piano is highly recommended. No prior knowledge of recording or sequencing is needed, but any experience is an advantage. Most importantly, a willingness to embrace all styles of music is expected. Students are required to • take part in departmentally organised co-curricular groups. Trips to professional recording studios and concerts are organised. Music Technology allows students to progress to degree level and gives a wide range of career prospects within the music industry including producing, engineering and composing. There are three areas of study: • Recording and production techniques for both corrective and creative purposes • Principles of sound and audio technology • The development of recording and production technology