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MSc Digital Audio Engineering

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    MA 1 year full-time

Course Description

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.

Entry Requirements

You should have a minimum of an upper second class (2:1) degree or equivalent, and have a clear interest in digital audio, either from a utilitarian or creative stand point.

The course welcomes students from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds. Type of undergraduate courses students may join the MSc from include:

  • Sound and audio engineering
  • Music technology and music production
  • Computer science
  • Electronic engineering

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Fees

http://www.uwl.ac.uk/international/fees-and-scholarships/postgraduate-fees

Student Destinations

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

Module Details

Examples of coursework or project work students could engage in during the course:

  • Audio pattern recognition, such as speech analysis
  • Noise cancellation algorithms
  • Audio software plug-ins such as EQ, dynamics, spectral morphing and delay/reverb
  • Virtual synthesizer and sample instruments
  • Real-time audio and MIDI controllers
  • Audiology
  • Acoustic and psychoacoustic control algorithms and devices
  • Audio and A/V instillations
  • Gesture and motion-based music performance software/controllers
  • Multi-channel speaker configuration and control

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