Lecture/demonstration. Students will work alongside the instructor; either in the large studio or Technology Lab. Students will be expected to complete regular assignments and projects outside of class time. These will be done in the large studio.
- Routing signals through a large studio console and patchbay, including equalization, inserts, busses, monitoring
- Use of the hardware effects rack, including compressors, limiters, reverbs, noise gates, and equalizers.
- Live sound reinforcement using the house system of a professional theatre.
- Multi channel systems from three to eight channels, for surround sound and concert use.
- Audio mastering software and hardware for producing finished mixes.
- Audio restoration techniques.
- The use of digital filters for complex multi-stage filtering operations.
- Digital recording techniques are changing rapidly – this course will examine the latest developments in the field.
Through lecture/demonstrations and studio work, students will expand upon the techniques learned in Audio Recording techniques. Emphasis will be placed on large studio or theatre work.
On successful completion of the course students will be able to work unassisted in a fully equipped professional-level studio, and be able to understand and apply the following:
- Patchbay/console routing
- Hardware effects
- Theatre sound
- Multi channel systems and their use
- Audio mastering techniques
- Audio restoration techniques (noise reduction, transient removal, current theory and practice)
- Digital filter concepts
- Recent advances in digital audio
| Weekly assignments | 30% |
| Quizzes (minimum of 2) | 15% |
| Midterm project | 15% |
| Final project* | 40% |
| 100% |
* The Final Project constitutes one component of the graduation portfolio requirement
No texts or materials are required. All required hardware and software for the completion of assignments and projects is available in the studio.
MUSC 3180 or permission of instructor