The MSc in Sonic Arts is designed to reflect SARC’s research philosophy and as such is aimed at Music, Computer Science or Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates with a passion for Music Technology. The course has been designed to extend the core skills of the student and to provide opportunities to acquire new interdisciplinary skills in a range of cognate areas. Graduates in Sonic Arts will possess transferable skills of particular relevance to employment within the creative industries and high-technology industries (with which SARC has well established links). The course content draws heavily on the research activity and expertise of the staff at SARC. Modules are offered in areas such as:
On completion of the taught component of the course, students are required to submit a research project or portfolio in a chosen area of specialism. The teaching team for the MSc is drawn from SARC and from Schools associated with SARC. The staff include: Professor
Michael Alcorn (Director of SARC):
composition, sound synthesis & signal processing Facilities at SARC The centrepiece of the Sonic Arts Research Centre is its Sonic Laboratory – the first of its kind in the world. As a creative facility it could best be thought of as a 'cinema for the ear' - a specialist acoustic space designed to provide a unique and exciting listening experience. Over sixty high quality loudspeakers can be flexibly positioned in the Sonic Laboratory to project and move sounds throughout the space. As a research facility, it provides unparalleled opportunities to develop and test new ideas relating to loudspeaker design, loudspeaker placement, music perception, music interaction, delivery and diffusion. Audiences and researchers can be located at the centre of the space (within a three dimensional audio field). No other auditorium for sonic art performance and experimentation currently exists with this revolutionary feature. Complementing the Sonic Laboratory are the following state-of-the-art studio resources: • A broadcast quality Surround Sound Recording Studio directly adjacent to the Sonic Laboratory and linked via forty-eight
microphone lines All of the studio facilities at SARC have been acoustically isolated and treated in consultation with ARUP Acoustics. A 2.1 (honours) degree or above is required in one of the following areas: Music/Music Technology, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or another related discipline. More detail information please link to the website as below: |
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