Digital Audio Engineering
Overview
The MSc in Digital Audio Engineering is a unique and innovate course designed to give you advanced knowledge and skills related to digital audio, which can be found in every area of modern technology and culture. On this course you will gain the creative, investigative and critical thinking abilities to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world situations and problems, such as audio analysis, effects and synthesis plug-ins, digital controllers, installation and embedded systems for public spaces.
Why choose this course?
Digital audio is part of all aspects of modern life. This includes areas such as music and sound production, media and gaming, 3D spatial audio, mobile devices and streaming, online media and the internet of things (IoT), plus many others. The need for people to have the necessary technical and creative abilities to enable and progress how digital audio is embedded in all these areas and many more, is significant.
The course promotes an independent and self-motivating approach to learning by encouraging you to develop real-world technical expertise to effectively innovate, design, develop and operate a range of digital audio systems. Upon graduation you will be prepared as a professional, equipped with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to develop a successful career as a digital audio engineer.
The course provides you the opportunity to engage in a wide range of digital audio application developments and potential collaborations with postgraduate students in other areas of the university. These include music technology, software engineering other subject areas in the School of Computing and Engineering and the London College of Music.
The development of learning skills includes processes and activities such as critical appraisal, reflection, literature searching, information technology, peer review, group work, presentation, research, practice/professional skills, note-taking, writing skills, electronic information retrieval, communication skills and independent study at home. These skills will be an integral part of learning courses.
The course modules will enable you to evidence your ability to combine different but related audio engineering subjects in an applied manner. Students from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds in related subjects will be able to enrol and succeed on the course. The type of undergraduate courses students may join the MSc from include:
- Sound and audio engineering
- Music technology and music production
- Computer science
- Electronic engineering.
As would be expected at masters’ level, there is an appropriate balance of theory and practice, and in order to be successful students will need to demonstrate high levels of analytical, critical and reflective skills alongside a professional level of practical skills and knowledge. Teaching and learning on the programme is underpinned by the research and development activities of the course team.
Teaching methods include:
- lectures
- whole group information-giving sessions
- workshops
- tutorials
- case studies
- blended e-learning
- group critiques.
In addition, there is support provided by the computing society for help with programming, such as C and Java.
Practical work
The practical work will reflect real-world techniques that practitioners would encounter in industry. For example, Audio Programming 2 will provide students the opportunity to design and create digital audio processing plug-ins utilised throughout the music and sound production industry.
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IELTS - 6.5
TOEFL - 90
There are many industry and research sectors where there are many opportunities for employability and career progression due to shortages in qualified graduates, including:
archiving, restoration and digital libraries
audio for games
audio for telecommunications
audio forensics
audio recording and mastering systems
automotive audio
coding of audio signals
fibre optics for audio
hearing and hearing loss prevention
high resolution audio for music and server-based audio
network audio systems
semantic audio analysis
signal processing for audio
spatial audio (3D)
transmission and Broadcasting
The employability skills required to work in these areas, which will be developed throughout the course include the following:
the exercise of initiative, sound judgement and personal responsibility
working effectively with others
ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations
independent learning ability aligned to continuing professional development
originality in tackling and solving problems
ability to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively
communicate effectively both orally and in writing
critical thinking
ability to conduct research and consultancy
effective use of information
competency in use and analysis of digital audio systems
personal effectiveness (self management, time management, sensitivity to others, etc.)
people management and leadership skills
ability to recognise and address ethical dilemmas and corporate social responsibility issues
take responsibility for continuing to develop their own knowledge and skills
