Audio & Recording Production I (Fall)
A fundamentals course to orient the student with the basic technologies and techniques of modern recording and production.
Topics:
- The Recording/Production Process
- Sound, Hearing, Studio Design, and Acoustics
- Microphone Design, Applications, and Techniques
- Analog and Digital Audio Technologies
- MIDI and Electronic Music Technology
Audio & Recording Production II (Spring)
An advanced course focusing on the critical and creative aspects of production culminating in a capstone project bringing together the recording and mixing techniques acquired during the year.
Topics:
- Advanced Pro Tools Session Procedures and Protocols
- The Art and Technology of Mixing, Monitoring, and Mastering
- Sound Processing: Shaping and Effecting Audio
- Advanced Editing Techniques and Time/Pitch Manipulation
- Sound Formats, Multimedia and the Web
Textbook/Materials
Required textbook: Huber Modern Recording Techniques 9th edition. SBN-13: 978-
Equipment
The Walford Studio includes a control room with class room seating, a large main recording room with optional baffling, and two isolation rooms.
- iMac based Pro Tools 11 HD Digital Audio Workstation
- Avid Audio C 24 control surface
- Sound Construction C|24 Wrap Console
- Sound Construction Lowboy Racks
Protools Plug-ins
- McDSP Emerald Pack
- Sonnox Elite Plug In Bundle
- Waves Diamond Bundle
- iZotope Production Bundle
- Native Instruments Komplete
Microphone pre-amps and digital audio Network
- Focusrite 8 Ch. Mic Pre x3 in studio and x3 on GMC site & A/D For Rednet
Studio Monitors
- Genelec 8250A Smart Active Monitors w/7360A Subwoofer
Studio Microphones
- iMac based Pro Tools HD digital audio workstation
- AKG D112 Large Diaphragm Dynamic Microphone
- AKG C2000 Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone x2
- Neumann TLM 103 Cardioid Stereo-Set
- Neumann U87 Microphone W/Shock Mount
- Neumann KM 184 Condenser Microphone Pair
- EV RE20 Dynamic Microphone x3
- Shure SM7 Cardioid Dynamic Studio Vocal Mic
- Shure SM 81 Small Condenser Microphone x2
- Shure SM57 Dynamic Instrument Microphone x4
- Shure Beta 52A High Output Dynamic Microphone
- SE 2200A Condenser Microphone
Studio Accessories
- Aviom Six Mix Personal Mixing System
- Sennheiser Circumaural Monitoring HiFi Headphones
- Kawai 500 Grand Piano in main recording room