Stylus College of Music & Sound Technology

2nd floor 60 8th Street, New Westminster
V3M 3P1 British Columbia Canada
Tel: 604.523.2969
Fax: 604.523.2970

Master of Music Production & Technology

Program Length: 2 years
Tuition: $14,000 CDN 1st year | $12, 500 2nd year CDN

Total Tuition: $26,500 CDN

Total hours: 1800+
Number of terms: 8 | 60 Courses plus projects

Program Description:
The Master of Music Production & Technology at Stylus is one of the most in-depth career programs offered by today's music industry standards. Graduates of this program are qualified as "Complete Producers" and will be prepared to enter the contemporary music production field as an effective professional in a number of roles including:

Music Producer for Recording Studio, Film, TV, and Radio
Sound Design Specialist
Audio Engineer
Composer/Songwriter
Film Scorer
Post-production Specialist
Record Company Manager

Students specializing in this program will learn about music theory, the creation and production of recordings of music, sound design and technology, compositional tools used for visual media, and entrepreneurial and managerial skills used in the music business. They will also learn how to successfully complete recording projects found in contemporary professional recording and production environments. The student's mastery of the discipline will be evaluated through the completion of professional recording and production projects.

Areas Covered:

- Music theory & keyboard training
- Midi operations & sequencing
- Introduction to sound design, synthesis, and sampling
- Understanding the nature of sound & signal flow
- Critical listening from human perception of sound to the applications used for processing audio.
- Microphone construction & application
- Computer technology and its application in the studio
- Introduction to music technology in the studio environment
- Role of a music producer in the industry
- Music Business
- Microphone techniques
- Multi-track recording
- Songwriting
- Mixing techniques & audio processing
- Studio design & configuration
- Music production techniques
- Audio editing & effects processing
- The role of the music producer in the studio
- Recording & mixing with ProTools
- Surround sound configuration & mixing techniques
- Orchestration
- Mastering techniques
- Music composition for film & television
- Band recording
- Music Remixing
- Theory of vocal arranging
- Signal processing using Reaktor
- Advanced digital sampling
- Film scoring
- Web development & internet media formats
- Studio Acoustics & construction
- Principles of using Melodyne for music production - Foley recording & techniques
- Spatial audio
- Digital Sampling using Kontakt & Halion
- Multimedia file formats
- Sound effects design
- Sound design for animation
- Surround sound mixing
- ADR replacement
- Sound design for Interactive media
- Understanding computer programming
- Game console configuration
- Visual music
- Music composition for film
- Audio editing & engineering
- Understanding various synthesis designs
- Sound Monitoring
- Marketing offline / online
- Publishing & Rights
- Music Law
- Music Licensing
- Managing a music business
- Event promotion & marketing
- Business legalities & accounting
- Media package creation
- Career planning

This page provides a concise summary of the Master of Music Production & Technology program.

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Program start dates:

September 29th, 2008

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