Music Production and Engineering  

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 1 credit year or .5 semester, Grades 10-12

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How can technological skills be used to make music?     

         

Students will learn the fundamentals of live sound reinforcement and sound recording. They will learn proper set up of a public address system, use proper microphone techniques and learn monitoring and effects processing. They will be introduced to tracking using digital sound and loop manipulation through Apple’s Garageband. They will be introduced to digital sound recording using Digidesign’s computer-based recording system ProTools on both PC and Mac. Students will learn the basics of setting up a home studio using their computer and learn the basics of digital signal processing. Students may enroll in this class for the full year or for a semester.