If you are planning a career in sound engineering and music production, this course has been designed to help you develop the practical skills and knowledge to help you succeed in this exciting and evolving industry.

 

The course has a clear focus on music production and combines a broad mix of modules from technical to creative. The topics you'll cover aim to give you skills in advanced music and live sound production, mixing and mastering techniques, immersive audio skills, critical listening and production analyses, game audio, and sound for film and media.

 

Why study Sound Engineering and Music Production BSc(Hons) at Huddersfield?

You will gain hands-on experience using professional software and equipment, including:

• Five fully equipped Pro Tools recording and mixing studios,
• Four SSL mixing and recording consoles and a 48-channel analogue Audient console,
• Industry standard outboard compressors and equalizers,
• Plugins from UAD, Plugin Alliance and FabFilter,
• Seven additional Pro Tools studios, including an immersive audio mixing studio and a mastering studio,
• Live sound facilities including Avid and Midas consoles featuring Dante audio networking.

 

We supplement our teaching with guest lectures and masterclasses from professional music producers, equipment designers and media producers. In recent years, we have welcomed producer Tony Platt (AC/CD, Bob Marley, Iron Maiden, Paul McCartney) and live sound engineer Jon Burton (The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead) to campus, among many others. We awarded an Honorary Degree to award-winning mix engineer Andrew Scheps, who is also a visiting professor at our department.