Practical use of the University’s 24/7 recording studio is at the heart of this course which allows you to complete a professional production of your own.
This music technology course is designed for students who may be from a performance background and are seeking to develop their skill set with the acquisition of a high level of technical appreciation as a means to increase their career and professional potential.

It covers a range of technologies and will include the development of your own portfolio of production pieces and access to many of the local music venues.

The course, which is built around the practical use of the university’s well equipped recording studio and makes full use of the facilities in the Centre for the Creative Industries, is based on exploring current and emerging technologies relating to audio production, and how these can be used to create music and sound for many applications.

There are also opportunities for students to gain work experience in live sound and large scale event production during Focus Wales music festival, which the university is a partner of, comes to Wrexham each spring. The event is a multi-venue festival which places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world and attracts more than 200 bands across 20 stages.

YEAR 1 (FOUNDATION YEAR)

 During your foundation year you’ll receive an introduction to live working with creative media technology. You will learn through experience of working with radio, recording, TV and journalism, as well as the various stages of media production.  Students will also gain a broad overview of the current landscape of the media industries as well as introducing the social and cultural impact that the creative industries have within modern society.

MODULES

• Studio Essentials
• Media Communication
• Media Culture
• Personal Project
• The Skills You Need
• Contextual Studies

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 4)

The first year of the course covers the core science and technology that is required to enable you to progress. There is a good mix of subjects and manners of delivery. The science has experiments that you use to investigate audio principles. You also get hands on use in the recording studio and get to grips with recording styles. Later on you will be designing software synthesisers and using them as instruments.

MODULES

• Radio Production
• Audio & Visual Science
• Recording Technology
• Live Sound
• Sound Synthesis & Sampling
• Creative Futures

YEAR 3 (LEVEL 5)

This level lets you apply skills you have learnt and add to your growing portfolio of knowledge. The new subjects compliment the previous year and develop you music and music programming skills.

MODULES

• Music Production
• Compositional Technology
• Research Methods
• Recording Technology Advanced Studio Practise
• Interactive Music Systems
• Club Culture (option) or
• Theatre Technology (option)

 YEAR 4 (LEVEL 6)

This is the opportunity to apply what you have learnt and develop interesting installations and developments in music. The project or dissertation is the main piece of work and gives you the chance to explore an area to great depth, it can be designing and building firmware through to research into an aspect of the industry.

MODULES

• Collaborative Performance
• Location recording
• Audio Post-Production
• Live Systems
• Project (option) or
• Dissertation (option)