School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Networked Music Lab
  • Unit Code

    MUS3612
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

In this unit students will work with music and its manifestation on the internet. Students will use various network protocols including Bluetooth, TCP'IP, UDP, OSC and FTP, and will work with compression codec's for media, build a streaming server, and learn some basic html. Students will also be involved in the construction and maintenance of the WAAPA music label. Students will form an electronic ensemble performing over a LAN and WAN network streaming audio and visual. Students will work towards a Sound Spectrum streaming performance over the Internet in collaboration with various tertiary institutions and/or artists (TBA). A recording of this performance is to be submitted for publication on the WAAPA Music Label.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS3607

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic electronics knowledge.
  2. Build a streaming server.
  3. Construct and maintain an online music label.
  4. Create an original performance with an electronic ensemble performing over a LAN and WAN network streaming audio and video.
  5. Demonstrate understanding of various network protocols including Bluetooth, TCP'IP, UDP, OSC and FTP, and will work with compression codec's for media.

Unit Content

  1. An introduction to Networked Performance.
  2. Construction and maintenance of the WAAPA music label.
  3. Creation of original music for specific media.
  4. Performance presentation from a practical and critical perspective.
  5. Rehearsal conventions and instrumental roles.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Workshops, Rehearsals, Performances.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWeekly tasks.10%
Creative WorkPerformance patch or composition.30%
Creative WorkPublic performance installation.30%
ExaminationExam.30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Networked Music Lab
  • Unit Code

    MUS3612
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Lindsay Ross VICKERY

Description

In this unit students will work with music and its manifestation on the internet. Students will use various network protocols including Bluetooth, TCP'IP, UDP, OSC and FTP, and will work with compression codec's for media, build a streaming server, and learn some basic html. Students will also be involved in the construction and maintenance of the WAAPA music label. Students will form an electronic ensemble performing over a LAN and WAN network streaming audio and visual. Students will work towards a Sound Spectrum streaming performance over the Internet in collaboration with various tertiary institutions and/or artists (TBA). A recording of this performance is to be submitted for publication on the WAAPA Music Label.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS3607

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic electronics knowledge.
  2. Build a streaming server.
  3. Construct and maintain an online music label.
  4. Create an original performance with an electronic ensemble performing over a LAN and WAN network streaming audio and video.
  5. Demonstrate understanding of various network protocols including Bluetooth, TCP'IP, UDP, OSC and FTP, and will work with compression codec's for media.

Unit Content

  1. An introduction to Networked Performance.
  2. Construction and maintenance of the WAAPA music label.
  3. Creation of original music for specific media.
  4. Performance presentation from a practical and critical perspective.
  5. Rehearsal conventions and instrumental roles.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Workshops, Rehearsals, Performances.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWeekly tasks.10%
Creative WorkPerformance patch or composition.30%
Creative WorkPublic performance installation.30%
ExaminationExam.30%

Core Reading(s)

  • Rowe, R. (2001). Machine Musicianship. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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