Course Description
Development and practice of sound recording, sound design, and audio production techniques. Creative editing, sound layering, multi-track mixing of dialogue, music, and sound effects to achieve sonic styling for entertainment media.
Athena Title
Audio Production
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide a hands-on overview of audio production techniques and equipment. Due to the size of the class and the facilities, expect to spend additional time beyond class meetings to better familiarize yourself with the studios and to complete the assigned projects.
Topical Outline
I. Ears, Physics, and Psychophysics of Sound II. Mixers and Consoles III. Loudspeakers and Monitoring IV. Analog and Digital Recording V. Editing (Linear, Techniques, and Aesthetics) VI. Microphones VII. Signal Processing (Spectrum, Amplitude, Noise, Time, and Multi-Effects) VIII. Studio Production IX. Sound Techniques in Field Production X. Music, Synchronization, Dialogue, and Sound Effects
Syllabus
Public CV