Music Technology Studies
at MSU Moorhead

Working in the context of the Music Industry Program, Dr. James Harley has incorporated digital audio into almost every aspect of the MSU Moorhead Music Department. Our department boasts a multi-track digital recording studio with direct-to-disk recording capabilities, and sizeable computing power (Macintosh G4s and G3s) for editing, direct digital synthesis, and signal processing. Within the program, students experience hands-on training with both analog and digital recording techniques. Students are taught all aspects of the Industry from microphone recording techniques to studio etiquette. Music Industry Majors are given the opportunity to record in various conditions from in-studio recording sessions to live-mobile recording as well as sound reinforcement situations. Students master and burn their own CDs. A full scale recording project - Dragon Tracks - is completed by students each year.

Music Technology Courses:

Undergraduate:

• MUS 281: Introduction to Music Technology (for non-Music Industry students)
• MUS 381: Audio Production I
• MUS 382: Digital Audio I
• MUS 481: Audio Production II
• MUS 482: Digital Audio II
• MUS 484: Projects in Sound Reinforcement and Concert Recording
• MUS 485: Projects in Audio Production
• MUS 486: Projects in Computer Music

Graduate:

• MUS 581: Audio Production
• MUS 582: Digital Audio
• MUS 585: Projects in Audio Production
• MUS 586: Projects in Computer Music I
• MUS 682: Computer Music
• MUS 685: Digital Audio Production
• MUS 686: Projects in Computer Music II

A selective list of equipment available:

Microphone Collection Includes:

• 2 AKG C414B uls
• 3 Shure SM98
• 2 AKG D112
• 2 Crown PZM
• 4 Shure SM81
• 3 Electro Voice N/D 357
• 3 Sennheiser MD 421
• 1 Neumann U87A
• 2 Neumann KM 130
• 2 Neumann AK 40 capsules
• 1 Audio Technica ATM 25
• 4 Shure SM57

Digital Audio Equipment:

Consoles:

• Mackie d8b 96-channel Digital Console (Recording Studio)
• Yamaha 01V 24-channel Digital Mixer (Digital Audio Studio)

Recorders:

• Mackie HDR24 24-track Hard-disk Recorder
• Tascam DA-88 8-track MDM Recorder (2)
• Tascam 2000 Stand-alone CD burner (all concerts recorded direct to CD)

Hardware:

• 2 Macintosh G4, Digi001, Pro Tools 5.1 LE
• 2 Macintosh G3, Audiomedia III card, Pro Tools 4.3, Digital Performer
• 2 Macintosh 7100s, Audiomedia II cards, Digital Performer
• External disk drives on each station
• CD Burners on each station (MasterList, Jam, Toast)

Additional Software:

• Peak, Sound Designer II, SonicWorx
• Max/MSP
• SuperCollider
• Csound
• Soundhack

MIDI Equipment

• 1 Alesis Data Disk
• 1 MIDI Express Box
• 2 Yamaha RX5 digital drum machine
• 1 Roland S50 sampling keyboard
• 1 Ensoniq SQ-2 keyboard
• 1 Kurzweil PC2 keyboard

Outboard Equipment

• 1 DBX 180A type I noise reduction system
• 1 Aphex type C aural exciter
• 2 Yamaha SPX-90
• 1 Lexicon PCM-70
• 1 Furman QN-4A quad noise gate
• 1 Yamaha GC 2020b compressor/limiter
• 1 Urei 1178 dual peak limiter
• 1 Yamaha Q2031 graphic equalizer
• 1 Urei 546 dual parametric equalizer
• 2 DBX 160A Compressor/Limiter

Recording Decks

• 3 Tascam DA 30 DAT recorders
• 1 Tascam 48 8-track analog recorder
• 3 Tascam 122 mk II cassette decks

Other sites to visit:

• Music Industry Page
• Music Composition Studies Page
• Dragon Tracks Project Home Page

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Prof. James Harley is a composer, producer, and editor. After spending 6 years in Europe, freelancing and studying, he moved to Montreal, where he obtained a D.Mus. degree in composition/computer music at McGill University. He has composed a number of electroacoustic and interactive works, and written articles and reviews on a wide range of topics relating to contemporary music and computer music/technology. Dr. Harley is an Associate Editor of Computer Music Journal, where he produces the CMJ annual CD, and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, the International Computer Music Association, and the Society for Electo-Acoustic Music of the United States.

If you have any questions or comments regarding Music Technology Studies at MSU Moorhead, please free to contact Dr. Harley at:

harleyja@mnstate.edu

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