Music Technology study guides
SQA-ADVANCED-HIGHER · Advanced Higher (SQA) · aligned to SQA.
- SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology Area 1 Music Technology Skills: a complete overview of advanced recording, mixing, effects, synthesis, Foley and mastering
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology guide to Area 1 Music Technology Skills. Covers advanced recording and microphones, advanced mixing, effects and signal processing, synthesis and virtual instruments, Foley and sound design, and mastering, with the order to build them and how they feed the production project.
📖 16 min readAdvanced Higher - SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology Area 2 Sound Recording and the Creative Industries: a complete overview of sectors, roles, workflow, critical listening and audio science
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology guide to Area 2 Sound Recording and the Creative Industries. Covers the sectors and roles that use music technology, the production workflow, critical listening and production analysis, and the underpinning audio science, and how this knowledge frames the research project.
📖 15 min readAdvanced Higher - SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology course assessment: a complete overview of the research project and the production project, the marks and how to approach them
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Music Technology guide to the course assessment. Covers the two externally marked components, the research project (40 marks) and the production project (95 marks), the mark allocation within each, the evidence required, the open-book conditions and how to plan and approach the projects for an A.
📖 15 min readAdvanced Higher