Music Technology

• Engineering Council accredited degree

• Avid Training Partner

• Three Avid Pro Tools HD 2 Accel recording studios with 256 track recording, mixing and post production capabilities.

• The University carries Avid accredited status, enabling students to undertake further industry-recognised qualifications. Superb resources including flagship recording / mixing studio with SSL AWS 900, 3 analogue recording studios with live rooms, 3 Pro Tools recording studios with live rooms, 35-seat Mac lab, large PC lab, 2 mastering studios and 2 project rooms. Students have the opportunity to undertake practical Live Sound applications by engineering live concerts at the University and at external venues.

• Using industry standard software such as Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live  and Cubase in commercial studio-like environments.

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• AwardAccredited by the IET (Full IEng)

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"The placement year spent in the Recording studios at the University aided my development enormously and helped me to obtain the job that I have now with a major Music Industry company."

"The talks that were given by members of the Music Industry were eye-opening and extremely rewarding."

The music industry is constantly changing. Studio engineers and producers need to be IT literate and have knowledge of analogue, digital and IT-based hardware and software. This course provides you with the knowledge to excel in many of these areas. The boundaries of the music industry are hard to define and this course aims to expose you to as many areas as possible while still giving detailed study of studio equipment and recording technology.

The course is highly practical and you will learn about recording technology, studio equipment, synthesizer technology, live sound, acoustics and electro acoustics, as well as recording systems integration and mastering. The theme of media technology includesmultimedia authoring tools and techniques as well as Internet/HTML programming and advanced multimedia scripting. There are modules on music business and strategic entrepreneurship and an individual project makes up a large proportion of the final year. Further information (PDF, file size: 38.59KB) .

You will also be able to develop the interactive content found on most CD albums, as well as acoustic analysis of studios and performance spaces. The music technology course has extensive resources including an 80 seat computer centre incorporating Cubase, Reaktor, Reason and Sound Forge, five traditional studios and three ProTools HD2 suites. The University also has ProTools accredited status enabling students to undertake a further recognised industry qualification.

Graduates will be qualified to work within the music, media and related industries providing technical solutions for sound production and quality in recording studios, live sound venues and digital videos.

BSc (Hons) Music Technology graduate Rebecca Gorman graduated with a first class degree in 2002. Following graduation Rebecca researched the acoustics of vehicle interiors at Loughborough University followed by a stint in the  music industry working for two world known audio manufacturers, Solid State Logic and d&b audiotechnik. During her time at SSL Rebecca travelled the world, training clients and demonstrating mixing consoles at trade shows and in private recording studios. Whilst at d&b, she did training in acoustics, system design and rigging PA systems, including concerts for Westlife, Girls Aloud and Hillsong.

Rebecca then moved to teaching audio engineering and music technology at the School of Sound Recording in Manchester. Rebecca now lectures at the University of Wolverhampton in 2007 where she  is a senior lecturer and the course leader for BA (Hons) Music Technology, BA (Hons) Sound Production top-up and BA (Hons) Music Industry Practice top-up. She has won prizes for her teaching practices, and is currently the Learning and Teaching Champion in the department, helping to develop new and innovate ways of teaching.

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