How is Higher Music Technology assessed overall?

A 40-mark question paper and an 80-mark assignment

What does the assignment mainly test, compared with the question paper?

The ability to apply the skills to produce finished audio

To record what you did, your technical decisions and why, and how you solved problems

Live, as you work through each stage

Capturing, editing, processing, mixing and sequencing audio

Signal path, microphones, mixing-desk routing and monitoring

Interpret the brief and plan the audio and signal path

Editing, processing and mixing recorded audio, often to picture

Because the assignment applies all of the skills together to make finished work

A single stereo mixdown of the finished work

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

How many marks is the SQA Higher Music Technology assignment worth?
How is Higher Music Technology assessed overall?
What does the assignment mainly test, compared with the question paper?
Which of these is a music technology context the course frames the skills within?
What is the purpose of the journal of progress and reflection?
When should the journal be kept?
Which skill is part of producing the assignment?
In a live sound context, which skills are most directly used?
What is the first sensible step when starting the assignment?
What does a post-production context typically involve?
Why is mastering the individual skills the best preparation for the assignment?
What is produced at the end of a typical recording-studio assignment workflow?