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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to create a final sound balance for a production.
It applies to individuals who work creatively and collaboratively with sound engineers, sound mixers, sound editors and studio technicians to create a final sound balance for a range of recorded and live productions.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Supersedes and is equivalent to CUSSOU504A - Create a final sound balance
Evidence of the ability to:
- create final sound balances that meet creative, artistic and production requirements
- make adjustments so that sound balance and characteristics are within technical limits
- work creatively and collaboratively with others on the creation of sound balances
- use a range of industry current sound recording, production and playback equipment in line with production requirements and safety standards.
Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
- describe the production requirements that may impact ideas and decisions about options for creating sound balance
- describe the principles and techniques used to achieve a simultaneous balance
- explain the operational principles for available sound recording, production and playback equipment
- describe the main techniques for evaluating the process used to create a final sound balance
- explain the issues and challenges that typically arise when creating a final sound balance, and how to address them.
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- sound recording, production and playback equipment
- productions that require a final sound balance
- production documentation
- interaction with others.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to create a final sound balance for a production.
It applies to individuals who work creatively and collaboratively with sound engineers, sound mixers, sound editors and studio technicians to create a final sound balance for a range of recorded and live productions.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Supersedes and is equivalent to CUSSOU504A - Create a final sound balance
Evidence of the ability to:
- create final sound balances that meet creative, artistic and production requirements
- make adjustments so that sound balance and characteristics are within technical limits
- work creatively and collaboratively with others on the creation of sound balances
- use a range of industry current sound recording, production and playback equipment in line with production requirements and safety standards.
Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
- describe the production requirements that may impact ideas and decisions about options for creating sound balance
- describe the principles and techniques used to achieve a simultaneous balance
- explain the operational principles for available sound recording, production and playback equipment
- describe the main techniques for evaluating the process used to create a final sound balance
- explain the issues and challenges that typically arise when creating a final sound balance, and how to address them.
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- sound recording, production and playback equipment
- productions that require a final sound balance
- production documentation
- interaction with others.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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