MUS 340 - Audio and Music Production IV - Game Audio (ProTools 130)

3 credits
This course is the fourth in a series of six entitled, Audio & Music Production (AMP). AMP IV affords students specialized training in workflows associated with audio design and music composition for video games. Students will develop skills in operating ProTools sessions associated with Game Development, working in a team capacity in effort to produce a deliverable: music media for video games. Topics of study include recording, editing, and processing dialogue and Foley; composing, editing, and mastering cinematic and loop-able music for backgrounds; importing and exporting various media types of audiovisual media; and digital processing for all of the aforementioned workflows. In this vein, students will continue to build on skills and concepts acquired in AMP III (Pro Tools 110).  Through a series of creative projects and method-based training, students will be prepared to take and pass the Pro Tools for Game Audio certification exam. Prerequisite(s): MUS 215 or MUS 216.
Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.