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Record Mixing

Project 3:
Developing Music Performance and Production Skills

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Important information

  • This project addresses the following unit:

 

  • Unit: unit 9 Developing music performance & production skills 

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  • Hand Out Date:  08/12/2025

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  • Hand in Date:​ 23/01/2026 by 16.00

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  • Hand Details:

      • All the tasks within this project must be completed and handed-in by:*23/01/2026 *at 16.00.

      • Upload evidence to the relevant "Project " page of your “WIX" website.   

      • Use “Teams- assignment'' to hand-in a link to your website. This must be done by the hand-in date. 

      • Primary and secondary sources must be referred to in a Webliography and/or Bibliography.

      • Webliography and/or Bibliography must be in Harvard format. 

      • For each project you will be asked by your tutor to sign an authentication form that confirms that the work you have submitted for assessment is your own and that you have not copied it from someone else or allowed another candidate to copy from you.

      • A late hand-in will automatically be referred.

      • Students who hands in late or provides insufficient evidence to meet all of the assessment criteria will be referred.

      • All referred work re-submitted will be capped at satisfactory. 

      • Students re-submitted work that does not meet the assessment criteria will receive a Fail grade.

      • Remember collation of all evidence is your responsibility, this includes audial and visual recordings.

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Task 1

Task 1

 

This task addresses: 

Learning outcomes: L01 and L02.

Assessment criteria: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 and 2.2. 

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Music Technology students:

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  • ​Design and research recording plan for a recording and mixing of a band/artist within the recording studio.

  • The plan should include the following:

  • Who is the band/artist?

  • What style/genre is the band/artist?

  • Who are the band/artist members and which instrument(s) do they play?

  • What equipment will you need? List recording studio equipment and band/artist equipment.

  • What role will you play during the studio recording, studio engineer or studio producer or both?

  • What does a studio engineer do?

  • What does a studio producer do?

  • When will the recording take place, days, times, location?

  • A detailed plan of what will be recorded, in what order?

  • Explain which microphone that will be used on instruments and any alternatives?

  • Explain microphone techniques such as close mic’ing on drums, amps

  • Explain any stereo mic’ing techniques such as spaced pair or XY

  • When will you mix? What signal processors/effects/plug-ins will you use to mix?

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You will then partake in recording/mixing workshops whereby you will practice and develop your studio recording/mixing skills. You must show your progress by completing rehearsal sheets on a regular basis (at least 6) and video evidence of your progress (at least 6).

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Music Performance students:

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​Design and research a performance plan for a live show at Cafe Indie (TBC in December)

 

The plan should include the following:

 

  • A rehearsal schedule, days, times, location and planned activities

  • Song choices, these could be original or cover versions

  • Instrumentation: band members names and who is playing which instrument on songs

  • Equipment needed for rehearsals

  • A set list of final song choices for the Cafe Indie performance, with song timings in minutes/sec and overall time on stage in minutes/sec

  • A stage layout for Cafe Indie and positions of band members on stage

  • Equipment needed for the performance at Cafe Indie

 

You will then partake in rehearsal workshops whereby you will practice and develop your performance skills. You must show your progress by completing rehearsal sheets on a regular basis (at least 6) and video evidence of your rehearsals/progress (at least 6).

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​Hand in the following evidence for this task on your Wix website:

 

  •   Video/written evidence, including at least 6 Rehearsal/Progress sheets and 6 videos

 

You can choose any of the following formats to submit your evidence on your website

Written, PPT, Vlog, Blog or YouTube video.

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Task 2

 

Task 2

 

This task addresses:

Learning outcomes: L03 

Assessment criteria: 3.1 

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Music Technology students:

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​Record and mix a band/artist in the recording studio with a role as a studio engineer or studio producer or both according to the above plan. Please upload the final mix to SoundCloud and include a link on your Wix website.

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Music Performance students:

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​Perform on stage at Cafe Indie as a live performance according to the above plan.

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Hand in the following evidence for this task: on your Wix website:

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  •   Music Technology Students: Bounce of Logic session and SoundCloud link. Also share the Logic session to Simon Atkinson and Mario Gazi on OneDrive.

 

  •    Music Performance Students: Video of performance (this will be filmed for you and given to you to upload to Wix).

 

You can choose any of the following formats to submit your evidence on your website

Written, PPT, Vlog, Blog or YouTube video.

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Music Recording

Task 3

Task 3

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This task addresses: 

Learning outcomes: LO4 

Assessment criteria: 4.1 & 4.2 

 

Music Technology students:

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​Evaluate your recording and mixing skills as well as the overall recording and mixing process and product, identifying any changes and/or improvements you feel you could or should have made.

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Music performance students:

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​Evaluate your performance skills as well as the overall performance process and product, identifying any changes and/or improvements you feel you could or should have made.

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Hand in the following evidence for this task: on your Wix website:

 

  •   Video/written evidence

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You can choose any of the following formats to submit your evidence on your website

Written, PPT, Vlog, Blog or YouTube video.

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