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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 11:11:16 -0500
From:         "(Joseph D. McMahon)" <xrjdm@CALVIN.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
Subject:      Post available in computer music (Glasgow, Scotland)
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Stephen Arnold (stephen@MUSIC.GLASGOW.AC.UK) writes:
> University of Glasgow
> Department of Music
>
> Technician in Computer Music Technology
>
> This new post complements the present post of Computer Music
> Operator/Programmer and primarily involves maintaining, developing
> and demonstrating professional recording, synthesis, processing and
> audio-visual equipment, and giving support to a community of student,
> academic and professional users from home and overseas, working in
> the areas of teaching composition and research.
>
> The Department has extensive audio and computing facilities, mainly
> based in an Audio Lab and a Composition Studio.  Equipment includes
> Soundcraft mixers, Tascam, HHB and Revox recorders, Yamaha
> synthesizers, an Akai sampler, Lexicon, Drawmer and Alesis
> processors, and Atari and NeXT computers which are linked to the
> campus ethernet.
>
> Included as supported music systems are csound, cmusic, cmix and clm,
> as well as a wide variety of MIDI applications.
>
> Among courses offered are an M.Mus. in Computer Music and a B.Sc. in
> Electronics with Music, taught jointly with the Department of
> Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
>
>
> You will have extensive experience with a variety of music
> technologies, including professional recording and broadcasting
> studios, the ability to operate and demonstrate complex systems and a
> familiarity with good studio practice.
> Familiarity with programming UNIX systems, and software systems such
> as CSOUND, CMIX and Common LISP Music would be an advantage, as would
> a full understanding of MIDI.  You will have an organized and
> disciplined approach and will enjoy taking responsibility and working
> within a small team to support the Department's academic and
> professional responsibilities.  You will be expected to assist
> students and other users of the music-technological resources, and
> take responsibility for at least one of the studios.
>
> Salary placing will be on the Grade E scale, #13,476-15,166 per
> annum.  Application forms and further particulars can be obtained
> from the Personnel Office (Non-Academic) 041 339 8855 Ext. 5855,
> quoting reference T/115, where applications should be lodged by 30
> November, 1992.
>
>
> The University is an EO employer.
>
> University of Glasgow
> Department of Music
>
> Technician in Computer Music Technology
>
> Further Particulars
>
> The appointed person will work to the direction of the Director of
> the Computer Music Studios (Dr. Stephen Arnold) and of the Head of
> Department (Professor Graham Hair).  The post involves taking
> responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Department's
> professional audio and audio-visual equipment, liasing with the
> Computer Music Operator/Programmer (whose primary responsibility is
> for the Department's computing facilities) and giving support to a
> growing community of student, academic and professional users.
>
> Applicants should have a minimum level of qualification equivalent to
> an HNC, although a degree-equivalent qualification is expected.
>
> Applicants should have experience of most, if not all, of the
> following:
>
> working in electro-acoustic music studios, computer music studios,
> recording studios or broadcasting studios
>
> setting up and maintaining audio systems of various kinds
>
> diffusing electro-acoustic music in concert situations
>
> digital audio
>
> CSOUND, CMIX, Common LISP Music
>
> MIDI, particularly in the recording studio
>
> programming in C, C++, Objective C, UNIX
>
> Applicants must be willing to:
>
> manage and maintain the Department's audio and audio-visual resources
>
> organize the ordering of consumables relating to these resources
>
> provide some technical cover for the Department's computing resources
>
> work with the users of the Department's audio and computing
> facilities
>
> support the academic and professional work of the Department
>
> follow and enforce the rules for the use of the Department's
> facilities.
>
>
> It is especially important for that the appointee work responsibly
> and well, and in an organized manner, without moment-to-moment
> supervision and within a small team of colleagues.  Typical working
> hours are between 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 a.m.  Annual leave, including
> public and customary holidays, is 34 days.  The Department is willing
> to provide opportunities for research and composition to an
> appropriately qualified appointee.
>
> Salary will be within the scale  #13,476-15,166 per annum (Grade E).
> Discretionary additions may be payable in recognition of exceptional
> performance.
>
> The Department has extensive audio and computing facilities, mainly
> based in two Audio Labs, a research room and a Composition Studio.
> Equipment includes Soundcraft mixers, Tascam, HHB and Revox digital
> and analogue recorders, Yamaha synthesizers, an Akai sampler,
> Lexicon, Alesis and Drawmer processors, a network of over 40 NeXT
> computers which are linked to the campus ethernet.  It is believed
> that that these high-end UNIX workstations comprise the most powerful
> computing resource devoted to musical and audio applications
> currently in the UK.  Included as supported music systems are csound,
> cmusic, cmix and clm, as well as a wide variety of MIDI applications.
> In order to meet the demands of expanding student numbers, a new
> Centre for Music Technology is being planned, with additional
> recording facilities linked to an adjoining Concert Hall which is
> fully wired for recording, as is the nearby Bute Hall.
>
> The Department of Music runs undergraduate and postgraduate courses
> in a various aspects of Music and Technology and the Composition of
> Electro-Acoustic and Computer Music.  Among courses offered are the
> M.Mus. in Computer Music and the B.Sc. in Electronics with Music,
> taught jointly with the Department of Electronics and Electrical
> Engineering (with which a second Audio Lab and the entire NeXT
> network is jointly managed).
>
> The Department's professional work in recent years has included more
> than a dozen commissions from composers from Scotland and abroad,
> Music in Our Time broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and organizing the 1990
> International Computer Music Conference as part of the Glasgow's City
> of Culture celebrations.  The Department is a reference site for NeXT
> computers.
>
Please send replies to Stephen at stephen@MUSIC.GLASGOW.AC.UK.
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