ACAT Handbook 1994 Entry
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ACAT1002 Electroacoustic Composition 1

A one-hour tutorial each week in Semester 2.
Prerequisite Satisfactory completion of Physics and Psychophysics of Music.
Aim To gain a practical understanding of the basic techniques of musique concrète.
Content An introduction to amplifiers, loudspeakers, tape-recorders and cassette machines, microphones and mixers.
Musique concrète composition, employing such techniques as high and low impedance recording, sound–on–sound, splicing and editing, tape loops, multi-track recording, variable speed tape playback, tape delay systems, basic equalisation and mixing, and noise reduction.
Notation and documentation of work undertaken, care and maintenance of tapes and equipment, and active participation in preparing and presenting a concert of electroacoustic music, including program notes. 
Assessment Assignments-40%.        Examination performance-60%.
Texts Strange,A., Electronic Music Systems,Techniques and Controls, Brown, 1972.
References Eargle, J., Sound Recording, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980.
Keane, D., Tape Music Composition, Oxford University Press, 1980.