Course info
This course was designed to be of maximum practical use to the student, while maintaining a necessary eye to the technical knowledge so crucial to successful audio engineering. All topics covered are universal and not specific to the software or hardware platforms so that the student can apply their experiences to any recording situation they might find themselves in.
"Audio Production is our love"
Month 1
Introduction
The Engineer's Role and Responsibilities, key terminology & devices, sound & digital theory, the studio layout, Microphones: (Types and Techniques), The Perception of Sound, Signal Flow Analog, Theory Basic Computer Concepts
Typical studio equipment
Digital and Analog Mixer Hardware, Mixer Controls, The digital Mixer window, Routing signals and signal flow, Inserts, Sends, Returns, Bussing
The Edit window
Setting up the room, starting a session, data management, filing sessions, microphones, genre Arrangement window, Cut/Copy/Paste Operations, Non-Destructive/Destructive Editing tools, Recording for the edit, Editing vocal (alignment, gaining, pitch, fades, and normalization) Automation
Arrangement window, Cut/Copy/Paste Operations, Non-Destructive/Destructive Editing tools, Recording for the edit, Editing vocal (alignment, gaining, pitch, fades, and normalization) Automation
Month 2
Frequency Gain based
Eqs, shelves, dither, filters, Filter and EQ types, Subtractive vs. Additive
Equalization
Concepts of sound Dynamics, Dynamics Processors (Compressors, limiters, gates, expanders, maximizers, etc), signal flow for dynamic Processing, popular dynamic plug-ins
Mixer/pro tools mix window
Time Based Effects
Pitch correction, vocoders, phasers, modulators, etc, and there abilities
Effects Processing, Delay, echo, Reverb, Doubling, Flanging, Chorus, Bussing effects through Aux Send and Return, Setting up a effect Send and Return
Modulation Effects
Month 3
Mixing
Standard theory, Zero leveling, genre standards, headroom, : The Six Elements of a Mix: Balance, Frequency Range, Panorama, Dimension, Dynamics, Interest , Dry / Wet Monitoring, Effective use of panorama, Avoiding “Big Mono”, mix Monitoring, The Frequency Spectrum: Using it to
Mastering
Standard theory, Key concepts of Mastering, Mastering Tools, Mastering for distribution
Cours review
Standard theory, Key concepts of Mastering, Mastering Tools, Mastering for distribution
2010 - present
2010 - present