This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module introduces students to the key principals and processes in the field of analogue audio electronics. Students will systematically study the foundations of audio electronics (e.g. simple circuits and ohms law through to capacitance, inductance impedance) and go on to apply this knowledge to more sophisticated circuitry and components (e.g. filters, transformers, amplifiers and equalisation units). Once students have developed a solid understanding of key principals they will go on to investigate and evaluate the use of circuitry in the audio technology industry. Students will become familiar with standard approaches to equipment specifications and learn to evaluate equipment with reference to sophisticated parameters and measurements.
This module will be taught by means of a 1-hour lecture and 1-hour seminar for ten weeks:
Total Contact Hours: 20
Independent Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
The lectures will deliver key technical theory and present case studies of equipment and its uses. The seminars will explore issues in more detail and provide students with guidance for their own research and independent learning. There will be at least one opportunity for individual feedback on work in progress during the course of the module.
This module will be assessed by 100% coursework.
• 40% Portfolio of Theory Exercises
Students will carry out a series of short theory assignments based around the audio electronics principles taught in the module.
• 60% Technical Report, 1500 words
Level 6 students will be given more challenging coursework, which will enable them to demonstrate higher level learning outcomes.
Hood, J. (1998). Audio Electronics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Intellin Organisation (2008). Electronic Audio Circuits Source Book. New York: Intellin.
Reiss, A. & McPherson, A. (2013). Audio Effects: Theory, Implementation and Application. London: Taylor Francis.
Slone, G. R. (2001). Audiophile's Project Sourcebook: 80 High-performance Audio Electronics Projects. New York: McGraw-Hill.
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module Level 6 students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key principles and processes in analogue audio electronics informed by the forefront of the discipline.
2) Apply sophisticated equations to solve problems and to consolidate and extend their knowledge of audio electronics.
3) Recognise industry-standard measurements within the field of audio electronics and demonstrate an informed and systematic understanding of them in different contexts.
On successfully completing the module Level 6 students will be able to:
1) Manage resources and time effectively and be able to organize and prioritize complex tasks.
2) Solve complex problems, reacting to new situations and decoding complex information.
3) Deliver, with growing confidence, work that conforms to a given length, format and brief and within a given deadline.
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