DISC331-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Creative Sound Studio

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This courses teaches fundamental studio techniques in digital sound creation and manipulation that can be applied in a range of different creative settings: Electronic Music, Soundscape, sound design, remixing, and more. Along the way students become familiar with some of the most significant historic and contemporary artistic trends in the creation of digital music. The culmination of the course is the creation of a portfolio of digital sound-based works: electroacoustic compositions, live electronic performances, EDM remixes, field recordings...or a brand new digital sound genre.

Learning Outcomes

  • The ability to create and manipulate sonic material appropriate to their own creative goals
  • Essential sound design skills
  • Knowledge of methods for live electronic music performance
  • An awareness of contemporary trends and practices in digital music making

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 Fine Arts 115 (block 1)
 17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 Fine Arts 225 Computer Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
02 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Fine Arts 225 Computer Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
03 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 Fine Arts 225 Computer Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Hamish Oliver

Lecturer

Jason Long

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Creative Sound Design Exercise 10 Mar 2025 20%
Ableton Live Jam 09 May 2025 30%
Portfolio 50% In exam time

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,244.00

International fee $12,475.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Creative and Digital Arts .

All DISC331 Occurrences

  • DISC331-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025