M-JP-ALLE2

Profile, extension and depth: Practical & Theory Classes

4

4 to 6 students

20

One 120-minute lesson per week

40 hours

82 hours

Admitted to year two, and have either followed Live Electronics 1 or admitted through sending an Ableton project showing competence in using the software. This subject can only be followed on-campus.

See Competencies Matrix.

Expanding on the fundamentals of electronic instruments, and going more in depth into sound design and creating your own instruments, effects and presets. Specialising by finding your own preferred way of using live electronics and developing the specialised skills necessary to use electronics in stage performance in your own unique way.

Related to the main subject.

This module builds on Live Electronics 1, but goes into a lot greater depth in using electronics (Effects, Samplers and Synthesizers) in a live setting, mainly
focusing on Ableton Live as a platform for live performance.
After an introduction lesson exploring different ways of using electronics in a live situation, we will alternate between blocks of theory lessons and blocks of putting the theory into practice in small groups. During the course we will go into great depth into the tools available for sounddesign and how you can apply them to playing music live. We will also go more into the technical side of electronic music, discussing and putting to practice concepts as advanced signal flow, modular synthesis, cross-modulation and other more advanced sounddesign concepts.
During the course we will diverge per student into more specialised area’s of live electronics that require undivided attention
During the year we will work towards doing a live electronics performance, which can range from playing covers in a small band setting with a (interactive) backing track, to live-sampling acoustic instruments creating lush soundscapes, to a fully electronic improvisational performance using only MIDI controllers.

Group classes.

Students are required to own a personal laptop (Mac or Windows) and Ableton Live (Intro, Standard or Suite).

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Assessment by the instructor at the end of the module.

Students should have mastered the elements described under Contents.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5.

Students are assessed at the end of the module. The assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the lessons and, if applicable, public performances.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.