Competences developed in the course

Transversal Competences

CT1: Organise and plan work efficiently and in a motivating manner.

CT2: Gather significant information, analyse it, synthesise it, and manage it appropriately.

CT4: Use information and communication technologies efficiently.

CT12: Adapt competitively to cultural, social, and artistic changes and to advances in the professional field, selecting appropriate pathways for continuous training.

CT14: Master research methodology in the generation of viable projects, ideas, and solutions.

CT15: Work autonomously and value initiative and entrepreneurial spirit in professional practice.

CT16: Use available means and resources responsibly with respect to cultural and environmental heritage.

General Competences

CG5: Know the technological resources specific to the field of activity and their applications in music, preparing to assimilate new developments.

CG8: Apply the most appropriate working methods to overcome challenges in personal study and collective musical practice.

CG24: Develop capacities for self‑training throughout professional life.

CG25: Know and be able to use study and research methodologies that enable continuous development and innovation in musical activity throughout one’s career.

Specific Competences

SO3: Apply technologies to musical creation, performance, and public dissemination, and use technical resources that enable sound production and organisation, as well as approaches, applications, and functionalities that underpin musical creation.

SO5: Know and critically assess recent trends and developments in different fields of music technology, evaluating their implications for creation, performance, dissemination, and reception, and be able to design and program applications for composition and performance in real or deferred time.

SO7: Know techniques and procedures for creation and support of musical, sonic, and audiovisual creative processes.

SO10: Be capable of integrating art, technology, and science, with sufficient flexibility to adapt to multiple and changing environments.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Know computer tools oriented towards musical creation and production in a home‑studio environment.
2. Become familiar with the specifications of computer components, especially sound cards, and know how to evaluate them comparatively.
3. Know the MIDI protocol and its most recent extensions and updates.
4. Know how to approach a production using DAW software.
5. Know how to work with synthesis, sampling, and processing plugins.
6. Know how to use MIDI controllers for recording and parameter automation.
7. Know the historical and aesthetic context, technical characteristics, and conventions of the most important genres of popular electronic music.
8. Know how to incorporate production techniques creatively and fluently into personal projects.

Contents

The home‑studio environment from a computing perspective. MIDI sequencers. MIDI and OSC protocols. Sound cards: drivers, production features in the context of the “virtual” MIDI studio, synthesis with plugins using various standardised techniques. Genres of popular electronic music: evolution, disciplines, and trends. Technological innovation and the genesis of new electronic music genres.

Teaching methodology

Lecture sessions, group work sessions, and student presentations. Autonomous work includes compositions, recording practices, and other individual or group tasks.

Assessment systems

Continuous assessment based on diagnostic evaluation and formalised through summative evaluation leading to the final grade. Continuous assessment is carried out through various records derived from specific activities such as class participation and work, presentations, assignments, compositions, practical exercises, submission of written work, or written, oral, or listening tests.