Full Time Music Technology

Music Technology

Why choose Music Technology?
Music Technology is a creative and innovative subject which arms the student with the skills needed to arrange, compose, produce and record music. Students will gain an understanding of a wide range of popular musical styles, and will learn how to use technology successfully in the field of contemporary popular music.

Key Features of Music Technology at Hills Road:
· Very practical, hands-on course.
· Half-termly projects with large pieces of work undertaken over a longer period of time.
· Opportunities to learn to operate a wide variety of music software & hardware.
· Excellent facilities including two teaching rooms with suites of computers (one student per computer) and two recording studios.
· AS Studio: 32 track Pro Tools M-Powered with M-Audio Project Mix interface.
· A2 Studio: 32 track Pro Tools M-Powered, Tascam DM3200 mixer, outboard effects, balanced tie-lines to live room and recital room.
· Access to full range of McDSP professional audio plug-in effects.

Course Outline - (Awarding body: Edexcel) AS Level Units
Unit 1: Music Technology Portfolio 1. (coursework: 70%)
Unit 2: Listening & Analysing. (exam: 30%)

Advanced (A2) Level Units
Unit 3: Music Technology Portfolio 2. (coursework: 60%)
Unit 4: Analysing & Producing. (exam: 40%)

A level results for Music Technology
Resources and Facilities
· AS classroom/resource area with 16 networked PCs. Each has a high quality sound module, controller keyboard, Cubase SX & Sibelius software. Data projector and CD recording facilities also available.
· A2 classroom/resource area with 16 audio/midi PCs, mixer, sound module, controller keyboard, Cubase SX, Soundforge and Reason software.
· AS recording studio with Pro-Tools/Project Mix system, microphones and studio monitors.
· A2 recording studio with Pro-Tools/Tascam DM3200 system, valve pre-amp, Pod Pro XT, microphones and tie-lines to live room, recital room and amp booth.
· Recording booth in A2 classroom with valve channel strip.