CA2431 Audio Production
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
CA2431 Audio Production
This course is a conceptual introduction to audio production techniques. Students will understand to digitize sound and apply it to their work. Students will also learn how to produce appropriate audio effects and transitions.
Instructor: John Keston
Meeting Times and Location Section M1 (M/W):
Session 1 / Session 2
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Today we'll discuss a few principals of sound itself. Sound is made up of high and low pressure waves that travel through matter. We can perceive sound traveling through air at frequencies ranging from roughly 20hz to 20khz, and are able to record it using microphones and analog ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Listening assignment. In class today we'll listen to a selection from Miles Davis "In a Silent Way". The track is called "Shhh/Peaceful" and is one of the recording industries first examples of looping. In 1969 digital recording was science fiction, so to accomplish looping the producer had to ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: We will be discussing the proper use of mixers and recording devices. How to adjust signal levels, prevent clipping, reduce noise, microphone inputs, equalization, solo/mute, and auxiliary sends will be some of the the topics we'll be discussing.
Note: To record your sounds outside of the building for your ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Both parts of your sound effects assignment are due today. Please make sure that all your sounds are copied to the drop off drive so we can listen to them in the studio. We'll be listening to your sound effects in class. Also, keep working on your multi ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Today we’ll be watching an episode of Cowboy Bebop as a listening exercise and inspiration for the Animatic Project, which we’ll be discussing next class. While watching, pay particular attention to the audio that has been meticulously produced for this series. Not only is the music superb, but ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Let's listen to and discuss the multitrack project. Explain what you learned in the process of combining several tracks of audio. What sort of difficulties did you encounter and how did you use signal processing to improve the quality of your project?
If you're in the animation program your ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Remember to give me paper copies of your scripts today, and in the lab, let's continue working on the animatic project. Today in lecture we will be viewing the audio production special features for the Lord of the Rings series. These documentaries offer us a glimpse into the ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: After a brief introductory demonstration of Reason, I'll be demonstrating how to interface Reason and ProTools, import MIDI into a ProTools document and setup the MIDI tracks to play specific virtual instruments in Reason while the class follows along in the lab. This demo includes a 15 point ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Home recording technology has advanced rapidly over the last few years, making it possible to produce music in your bedroom that's as high quality (fidelity wise) as any professionally produced music or audio at a fraction of the cost. We'll be discussing some of the principals of home ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Reason 2.5 allows you to stack high quality virtual instruments and effects in a virtual "rack" like you'd see in a recording studio. The instruments can be controlled by a MIDI keyboard, or triggered by built in step sequencers. Both of these methods have been demonstrated in ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Session 1: Let's begin our final project presentations. Make sure you are prepared by having your project copied to the student drive on the Mac in room 009. Also, be ready to explain your mixing techniques and describe what sort of processing you used to fine tune your audio.
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
The recording studio (Room 009) at Ai was recently upgraded to Pro Tools HD version 7.4.2 with a Control 24 control surface and a Digidesign 192 I/O interface. A software upgrade to version 8 is planned for the system, at which time I'll update this post to reflect new steps ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Fostex FR-2LE field memory recorders are designed to allow you to make high quality recordings outside of the recording studio. The unit requires four AA batteries not provided by the cage. I also recommend using a 1 gig or higher compact flash card to make your recordings (the unit ...
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