SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
VCD3150	Audio Production	Fall	2	2	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YAHYA BURAK TAMER
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main objective of the course is to introduce the student to the phases of an audio production. The attendant will be exercising on levels such as: Digitalization of acoustic sound elements, editing audio via digital audio workstations, mixing multi-track sound, using spectral shapers & dynamic compressors. The principles of audio production will be evaluated through applications and design projects.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Analyze the phases of audio production
2) Recognize the concepts of multi-channel audio mixing
3) Recognize the concepts of spectral balance of audio tracks
4) Recognize the concepts of dynamic balance of audio tracks
5) Apply audio mixing principles via high-end digital audio workstation software
6) Recognize the concept of automation in audio mixing phase
7) Perform audio mastering to maintain spectral balance
8) Perform audio editing to enhance audio interference
9) Evaluate various audio production approaches
10) Create audio tracking / mixing / mastering projects in order to complete production

Course Content

Fundamentals of Audio Production & Sound Design, Multi-channel audio, Working with high-end digital audio workstations, mixing multi-channel audio, Concepts of sound intensity & spatiality, Concepts of equalization & dynamic control, Concepts of dynamic processing, Automation & editing techniques, Introduction to mastering audio, Spectral & Dynamic control during the mastering phase, Spectral shaping, routing & grouping audio, Production analysis.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course, Class curriculum evaluation	-
2)	Fundamentals of Audio Production & Sound Design	Read pp 91-122. Russ Martin. 2009. Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focal Press: New York
3)	Introduction to Multi-channel audio. Working with high-end digital audio workstations	Read pp 151-196. Miranda, Eduardo Reck. 2002. Computer Sound Design: Synthesis Techniques and Programming. Focal Press: Oxford.
4)	Introduction to mixing multi-channel audio. Concepts of sound intensity & spatiality Assignment #1	Read pp 48-91. Holmes, Thom. 2008. Electronic & Experimental Music: Technology, Music and Culture. Routledge: New York.
5)	Mixing Multi-channel audio Concepts of equalization & dynamic control Assignment #2	Prepare Assignment #1
6)	Mixing Multi-channel audio Concepts of dynamic processing Assignment #3	Prepare Assignment #2
7)	Mixing Multi-channel audio Automation & editing techniques Project #1: Mixing audio	Prepare Assignment #3
8)	Introduction to mastering audio Assignment #4	Prepare Project #1: Mixing audio
9)	Spectral & Dynamic control during the mastering phase Assignment #5	Prepare Assignment #4
10)	Spectral shaping, routing & grouping audio	Prepare Assignment #5
11)	Production analysis Final Project	-
12)	Review Final Project Evaluation #1: One to one sessions	Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations.
13)	Review Final Project Evaluation #2: One to one sessions	Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations.
14)	Review Final Project Evaluation #3: One to one sessions	Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

Russ Martin. 2009. Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focal Press: New York.

Manning, Peter. 2004. Electronic and Computer Music. Oxford University
Press: New York.

Holmes, Thom. 2008. Electronic & Experimental Music: Technology, Music and Culture. Routledge: New York.

Miranda, Eduardo Reck. 2002. Computer Sound Design: Synthesis Techniques and Programming. Focal Press: Oxford.

Demers, Joanna. 2010. Listening Through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music. Oxford University Press: New York.

Adlington, Robert eds. 2009. Sound Commitments: Avant‐garde Music and the Sixties. Oxford University Press: New York.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	15	% 10
Homework Assignments	5	% 20
Project	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 70
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	39
Project	1	10
Homework Assignments	5	10
Final	6	24
Total Workload		125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.