Music (Sound Production)
VCE VET Music (Sound Production) students work with a range of contemporary industry technologies. They learn to reinforce sound in live performance and collaborate with clients to record, edit, mix and enhance sound in a recording studio context. Students also complete industry-specific units focused on the application of effective work practices, health and safety, and copyright. The works in this exhibition represent excellent examples of students’ sound production.
Lyra Philp
Apollo Bay P-12 College, Apollo Bay
Eastern Maar Country
Apollo 12
Pro Tools
I created ‘Apollo 12’ after listening to the Avalanches and being inspired to learn how to record and mix loops on a DAW. To create my piece, I combined pre-recorded sounds, audio from old films and the moon landing, with tracks I recorded during class. I wanted to really weave in a space theme, both within the voiceovers and the track itself because it was such an iconic historical moment. I also thought it was fitting because I’m from Apollo Bay.
Unit of Competency
CUASOU317 Record and mix basic music demos
CUASOU321 Mix music in studio environments
Eugenie McDonald
Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree
Wadawurrung Wathaurong Country
Fading
pro tools
Fading’ is an original pop song in a ballad style. I combined the string instrumentation, polysynths and vocals commonly used in pop songs and ballads with modern production techniques to create
a polished sound. Having written the lyrics and chords, I recorded the vocals myself and played the instrumentation as MIDI tracks. I used EQ, the stereo field and Melodyne specifically to achieve a polished,
‘pop’ sounding song. The goal was to reflect the meaning behind the lyrics through making the vocals feel isolated, then build gradually with thick harmonies and instrumental parts.
Units of Competency
CUASOU317 Record and mix basic music demos
CUASOU321 Mix music in studio environments
