The programme in Digital Music Processing is taught by members of the world-leading research group, the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM). The Centre now has a state-of-the art Listening Room, which can be used for research and for recording and performance. Additionally, there is a 32-processing computing cluster.
This Masters will help you understand not only how today’s audio and music technology works, but also to become a leader in developing these technologies. Graduates of the MSc programme have gone on to study for a PhD, work for a startup, and for a major audio technology company.
MSc students on the programme will have the opportunity for an internship-based project with one of our industrial partners which include: Creative Labs in California, Sensaura/Creative in London, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in London, Sonaptics in High Wycombe, Philips Research Eindhoven, fxPansion in London.
From 2007, several lectures were made available as podcasts, enabling students to go through the material again at their own pace, wherever and wherever it suits them. Students are also invited to attend the regular research seminars offered by the Centre. Because seminar speakers are leading experts from other universities and from industry, students are exposed to the very latest technologies and applications in Digital Music. College and other scholarships are available for this programme for exceptional students.
The two options, Digital Music Processing with DSP or with Multimedia, have slightly different aims.
The DSP option delves further into the techniques that can be used for processing, analysis and synthesis. It will provide you with a strong background for further DSP work or research. The Multimedia option incorporates a more general understanding of how music processing is performed in broadcasting systems and in relation to other media. This option also emphasises many of the technical issues currently of concern to industry, such as watermarking, copyright protection and Internet streaming.
Programme content
Semester 1
Fundamentals of DSP (1)
Advanced Transform Methods
Java Programming (1)
Digital Broadcasting.
Semester 2
Music and Speech Processing
Music Analysis and Synthesis
Digital Audio Effects (1)
Machine Learning (DPS option) or Multimedia Systems (Multimedia option) (1)
May-September
Project (MSc only)
(1) = This course is taken in the first year of part-time study
Degree content
Both MSc and PgDip students study eight taught course units, however MSc students also undertake an individual project (four taught course units). Projects are either significantly development based or else have a research focus, and are expected to make use of innovative techniques in their chosen field. Projects may be carried out in industry, jointly supervised by a member of academic staff.
Choice of programme
There are no optional courses within a programme. The choice of courses studied is made by selecting the programme or pathway itself: the list of courses is shown with the entry for each programme.
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. General entry requirements for Advanced MSc degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas:
You should have a first or upper-second class degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline. Applicants with unrelated degrees will b
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