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Week 1 |
09/03 | |
Topics: Course Introduction; Recording Studios and Personnel; Six Perceptions of Sound. | |
Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 1, pp. 1–31. | | |
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Week 2 |
09/10 | |
Topics: The Ear; Acoustics and Basic Wave Properties. | |
Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 2, pp. 33–66. | |
Assessments: Quiz on week 1 and reading. | | |
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Week 3 |
09/17 | |
Topics: Simple Waveforms; Phase and Interference; Standing Waves. | |
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Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 3, pp. 67–89. | |
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Week 4 |
09/24 | |
Topics: Amplitude; Decibels; Absolute versus Relative Levels. | |
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Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 3, pp. 89–114. | |
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Week 5 |
10/01 | |
Topics: The Perception of Loudness; Equal Loudness Contours. | |
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Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 14, pp. 497–520. | |
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Week 6 |
10/08 | |
Topics: The Perceptions of Pitch, Timbre and Duration. | |
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Assignments: Read Modern Recording Techniques (MRT), Chap. 7, pp. 299–346. | |
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| Week 7 |
10/15 | |
Topics: Localizing Directional Cues; Sound Indoors and Outdoors. | |
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No Class! |
10/22 | |
Faculty Seminar Day: No daytime classes. | |
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Week 8 |
10/29 | |
Topics: How the Environment Affects Sound; Absorption and Critical Distance. | |
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Week 9 |
11/05 | |
Topics: In-Class Review and Midterm Exam | |
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Assessments: MIDTERM EXAM | | |
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Week 10 |
11/12 | |
Topics: Introduction to the Recording Console. | |
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11/17 | |
Last day to withdraw from courses. |
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Week 11 |
11/19 | |
Topics: Output and Input sections of the Console. | |
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Week 12 |
11/26 | |
Topics: Console Sends and Returns; Communications Section. | |
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Week 13 |
12/03 | |
Topics: Dynamic Range; Operating Levels; Gain Staging. | |
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Week 14 |
12/10 | |
Topics: Console Wrap-up. | |
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Week 15 |
12/17 | |
Topics: In-Class Review and Final Exam | |
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Assessments: FINAL EXAM (attendance is MANDATORY!) | | |
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12/18 | |
Term A Ends: Late projects will not be accepted after 5:00 PM. |
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