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Program Milestones, Requirements and Courses

Prerequisites (27 credits)

If you did not complete the prerequisites for this program during your undergraduate studies in music, you may apply for a one-year qualifying program as a special graduate student. Students must attain a minimum grade of B in the prerequisites and must have a B.Mus. degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 to be eligible to apply for M.Mus. Sound Recording. 听Contact the Sound Recording Area Chair听for further information. Prerequisite courses include:

Required Prerequisite Courses (21 credits)

MUCO 260. Instruments of the Orchestra.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introductory study of the instruments of string, woodwind and brass families, elementary acoustics of the instruments. Techniques of playing including embouchure, fingering, bowing, hand-stopping, transposing instruments. Evolution of the instruments, their technique and their music from the 18th century to the present.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: MUTH 150 or MUTH 111 or MUJZ 160
  • Restriction: Not open to students in the Major Composition
  • Priority will be given to students in the Minor Composition and Special Students in the prerequisite package for Sound Recording. Other students may be admitted with permission of the instructor.

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MUMT 250. Music Perception and Cognition.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Basic processes by which the brain transforms sound waves into musical events, dimensions, systems and structures and the processes by which musicians imagine new musical sounds and structures and plan movements that produce music on instruments.

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MUSR 232. Introduction to Electronics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Basics of electricity including: Ohm's law, electronic components, DC circuits, block diagram, amplifiers, filters, power supplies, electrical measurements (frequency levels, distortion). Emphasis will be placed on electronics applied to audio.
  • 2 hours lecture plus 2 hours laboratory.
  • Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 112. Available as Arts/Science elective in B.Mus. programs.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUMT 232.

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Course information not available.

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MUSR 339. Introduction to Electroacoustics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Basic principles of operation and design of electroacoustical devices and systems; transducers and signal processing devices; magnetic tape sound recording - reproducing systems; disc recording, motion picture sound recording and reproducing systems; practical demonstration of some of these devices and associated measuring, testing and analyzing equipment and techniques.
  • 2 hours lecture plus 2 hours laboratory.
  • Prerequisite: MUSR 232 (previously MUMT 232). Available as Arts/Science elective in B.Mus. programs.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUMT 339.

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PHYS 224. Physics of Music.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the physics of music. Properties of sound and their perception as pitch, loudness, and timbre. Dissonance, consonance, and musical intervals and tuning. Physics of sound propagation and reflection. Resonance. Acoustic properties of pipes, strings, bars, and membranes, and sound production in wind, string, and percussion instruments. The human voice. Room reverberation and acoustics. Directional characteristics of sound sources.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lectures
  • Designed for students in the Faculty of Music but suitable for students with an interest in music and its physical basis.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 225

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Complementary Prerequisite Courses (6 credits)

Select one of following two courses:

MUMT 203. Introduction to Digital Audio.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to digital audio and the technologies involved in its practical realization and use in computer music. Topics will include audio signals and systems, sampling & quantization, signal encoding, compression, transmission and storage, filters, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, digital audio effects, sound sampling and synthesis techniques.
  • 3 hours
  • Restriction(s): Open only to students in the Music Technology MST Minor or by permission of the instructor.

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MUMT 202. Fundamentals of New Media.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A theoretical and practical introduction to selected areas of music technology. Topics include digital audio and sampling theory, MIDI and sequencing, audio editing and mixing, elementary sound recording, score editing software and current areas of research interest.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisites: none
  • Restriction: Open to all students though priority will be given to students in the Music Technology MAT Minor, followed by Schulich School of Music students.

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*Note: Students who lack any previous training in sound recording should take MUMT 202 in lieu of MUMT 203

And select one of the following courses:

MUMT 302. New Media Production 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Techniques for producing and manipulating music and sound for new media applications. Synthesis techniques including FM, granular and physical modeling. Audio effects including delay, reverberation, dynamics processing, and filtering. Audio compression, HCI and MIR concepts.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: MUMT 202
  • Restriction: Open only to students in the Music Technology MAT Minor or by permission of the instructor.

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MUPD 204. Production for Digital Media 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Fundamental video production techniques for music and general applications. Professional video camera operation, lighting and shooting techniques. The lab component of the course includes camera setup and operation during Schulich School of Music productions for live internet streaming. Capture and editing of video, audio, text and graphics for use in creating digital media. Basic techniques of recording audio for video.
  • Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
  • Restriction: Enrolment will be limited to 16.
  • A Macintosh laptop will be an asset.

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Milestones, year 1

  • Compile and submit your recording portfolio at the end of each term.

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Year 1, Fall required courses

Course information not available.

MUSR 668. Digital/Analog Audio Editing.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Using analog and digital record/playback equipment, students learn, through practice, the art of replacing, patching, rebalancing, reconstructing, or generally speaking, improving recorded music through editing. Teaching will include cut and splice editing, disk-based editing, and editing by transfer and mixing.
  • 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours studio time.

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Course information not available.

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MUSR 691. Mastering and Restoration.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced practices in mastering and remastering of recorded music. Emphasis on digitizing and restoration (鈥渃lean-up") of ageing analog sources, print-through correction, and the assembling/mastering/finalizing of new recordings utilizing various techniques. Specific topics include archiving/preservation/metadata, analog tape transfer including alignment/azimuth and record bias, 78rpm disc transfers including stylus choice/speed correction and playback curve selection. Instruction is included in equalization and dynamic range control processes as they relate specifically to the mastering process.
  • 3 hours.

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Year 1, Winter required courses

Course information not available.

MUSR 667. Digital Studio Technology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Technical and operational characteristics of different digital recording systems currently employed by the recording industry.
  • 3 hours lecture

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MUSR 678. Advanced Digital Editing and Post-Production.

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Credits: 2
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course covers advanced concepts and techniques of audio post-production using digital workstations. Students practise the assembly of raw material into a complete final product through editing, signal processing, mixing, sound restoration and pre-mastering.
  • 3 hours.
  • Prerequisite: MUSR 668 (formerly MUMT 668).

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Milestones, year 2

  • Compile and submit your recording portfolio at the end of each term.
  • Apply in February to graduate in Spring (see graduation webpage).

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Year 2, Fall required courses

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MUSR 695. Techniques of Immersive Sound.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Theory and practice of immersive sound. Exploration of advanced tools and techniques applied in three-dimensional recording and reproduction of music. Topics are chosen each year to reflect key areas of emerging knowledge and applications in 3D audio. Learning is based on application of interdisciplinary components from music, acoustics, signal processing, auditory perception, virtual reality, and multimedia.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: For Master's students: MUSR 670D1, MUSR 670D2 and MUSR 672D1, MUSR 672D2

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Year 2, Winter required courses

Course information not available.

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MUSR 692. Music Production Workshop.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The Seminar aims at giving Music Performance and Sound Recording students the tools to becoming better recording artists, performers and recording engineers in today鈥檚 music scene. It will help them acquire skills and abilities as well as develop an informed judgement about recorded music performances and the recorded sound.
  • 3 hours.
  • Restriction(s): This seminar is open to second year masters and doctoral Sound Recording students, master's and doctoral Performance and Graduate Artist Diploma students only.

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Progress Reports and Degree Audit Forms

Graduate Progress Report Guidelines, Research tracking form, M.A. Sound Recording (non-thesis) forms are found听 HERE

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