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Music 65 syllabus Fall 2015 (PL 18 June 2015) Week
Main topic
Sep 8-10
Acoustics: Basic principles
ECE add’l material (Thurs)
Sound transmission: velocity/frequency/wavelength/ amplitude;
dB, Hz
Range of musical instruments
Waveforms: simple, complex Timbre: Fundamentals & harmonics Stereo: because we have two ears
Sep 15-17
Phase: Role of the room: reflections, room
Reflectors, absorbers, diffusors.
modes, standing waves
Designing a small studio.
Envelopes: volume, timbre, pitch, location Perception, morphology of ear Fidelity, distortion, Haas Transducers: Microphones
Electro-mechanical characteristics, impedance.
Polar patterns/phase relationships.
Standard configurations. Pickup pattern design. Off-axis response, proximity effect. Mic Placement:
Sep 22-24
Vocal and instrumental micing techniques,
Microphone design considerations
Wiring (balanced vs. unbalanced).
Phantom
Mic Preamps (high-gain/low-noise,
powering. Guitar pickups. DI boxes
transformer vs. transformerless) design
More mic techniques, 3-1 rule. Stereo
Evening: ALL STUDENTS:
configurations. MAKE MS DEMO
Recording a piano (live) in 155.
WITH ENGINEERING INSTRUCTOR (EI): Mic pattern experiment in Fisher listen to experiment, MS demo Choosing your mic pattern.
Recording other instruments. Assign teams and discuss FIRST RECORDING PROJECT: 2 mics direct to Pro Tools.
Proposal due Sep 24, project due Oct 8
Sep 29-Oct 1
First project proposals. Intro to ProTools: software, hardware, setup, file management, basic editing Yamaha O1V96 mixer: signal flow, configuration, digital interfacing Assigning inputs and outputs Studio wiring, analog interfacing Studio layout
Analog mixing console design.
Mixing consoles: block diagram, layout, types
Schematics of components: gain,
Analog mixers, Gain staging
equalization, panning
Oct 6-8
Speakers, Power amplifiers, headphones, earbuds. Using Lab speakers, Focusrite boxes. ProTools: Comping, grouping, editing modes, fades. HAND OUT TAKE HOME QUIZ.
WITH EI: HEAR FIRST PROJECT QUIZ REVIEW
Oct 13-15
Digital recording: Technical overview
Speaker design,
Amplifier
Digital recording formats: PCM-F1, DAT, DASH,
architecture.
Complex impedances:
CD, DAW,
amp-speaker matching
Aliasing. Dither. Digital audio transmission: AES/EBU, S/PDIF, ADAT, DA88, MADI etc. Clocking High-res digital. Compatibility & practical considerations. Discuss SECOND PROJECT: multimic to 2track. Proposal 10/15. Due 10/29 Second project proposal. Meyer & Moran paper. Disc vs. tape
A-to-D and D-to-A converter design
The recording session (multi-mic, 2-track):
Dither and noise-shaping
Musicians’ considerations, mic placement,
Jitter
balancing, engineer and musician monitoring.
Digital console and DAW building
HPF for room noise. Pop filter.
blocks: gain stages, compression, eq, delay
Oct 20-22
Equalization: low-cut, formants vs. fundamentals setting Q, attentuating before boosting with eq. Techniques for finding EQ frequencies.
Oct 27-29
Analog recording history: cylinder/wax/vinyl
Digital filter design: IIR and FIR
wire/tape/multitrack, noise reduction
filters
HAND OUT MIDTERM
Analog EQ,
Digital EQ
Go over midterm (Music portion) Nady ribbon mics. Using loop recording, alternate takes in ProTools Automation Issues with 2nd project Tom Dowd film: Part 1
-- watch the rest out of class WITH EI: Go over midterm (EE portion) HEAR SECOND RECORDING PROJECT
Reverb Dynamics processing: compressor/limiter/expander/gate Plug-in formats. Delay. phasing/flanging
Digital reverb, convolution, imaging
Mixing a multitrack drum recording Nov 3-5
Planning the multitrack session. Overdubbing, punching Constructive vs. non-destructive editing Discuss THIRD PROJECT: multitrack, at least
ALL STUDENTS:
four instruments (+voice), overdubbing.
Mixing session: blues track (full
proposals due Monday! Project due Nov 17
band)
Third Project proposal
Mixing issues: Masking, panning,
Les Paul on overdubbing CD mastering in Audition
eq, etc. Pitch changing/time stretching
Nov 12
Izotope Alloy
ALL STUDENTS first 45':
Thurs only
Melodyne
Mixing and mastering issues
Listen to Melodyne homework.
Pitch changing/time stretching
MIDI, virtual instruments
cont'd
Nov 17-19
WITH EI: Hear Third Recording Projects Synchronizing audio and video, SMPTE, Quicktime Discuss final projects, proposal due by email Monday. Project due 12/17
Nov 24
Tweak Final project proposals
Tues only
Sample substitution
Film scoring
Role of engineer, producer Other careers in audio Surround (Ballet Mecanique video) Dec 1-3
Loudness wars, mastering Real world recording
issues
Dec 8-10
WITH EI: Final project “first hearings”
1-4pm Thurs Dec 17 10:30a-12n
Mixing examples
Web audio, data compression Open discussion
Mon Dec 14
Surround
WITH EI: Final project presentations
Mixing examples
