BSc(Hons) Audio and Music Technology

Received a 2.1 (68%).

Major topics:

• Programming
• Audio Processing
• Overtone singing
• Vocal synthesis
• Foley and SFX
• Game audio design
• Acoustics
• Multimedia

Major assignments:

• Final Year Project: Researching the vocal synthesis model for musical uses, based on a source-filter model
• Designing an interactive floor lighting installation to possibly be built into the Bear-pit in central Bristol as part of the Bear-pit Improvement Group
• Building a HTML and CSS-only website for an assignment, based on the design of a notepad
• Acoustic room design for a small studio
• SFX and Music design in FMOD for game audio
• Writing and recording a 5-minute radio play with all our own effects
• A prototyped interactive installation/ artifact using a laser pointer on a screen to trigger visuals and audio that move outwards like a wave. The focus was on the interplay of waves as they pass and transition through each other.
• Music Dissertation on Overtone Singing, its historical context, structure, physics of production, recording and synthesis techniques. Will be available on this site soon
• Full business plan for a club listings website
• A tape-like distortion and delay plugin in C++ and AULab