SEF-ENT7006 - Audio Engineering for Musicians
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce recording workflows to students in the school of music. We will focus on the basics of recording in Protools, miking and basic mixing. This course will provide the necessary knowledge to record each student's instrument so that they can take part in the lucrative session and remote recording industry. This course provides an understanding of sound recording and engineering. This includes, but is not limited to: the physics of sound, an understanding of the electronics that transmit audio, study of sound recording and engineering tools, and experience using these tools to record sound. Upon completion, students will have a strong foundation of audio engineering to apply to more in depth learning or a career in the audio engineering field.Course Outline
Week 1- Basics of Session Playing and File Transfer
Week 2- Introduction to Protools, interfaces, signal flow
Week 3- Basics of recording, setting up pre roll, post roll, loop record
Week 4- Basic concepts of micing instruments class 1
Week 5- Basic concepts of micing instruments class 2
Week 6- Setting up in non ideal acoustic spaces
Week 7- How to record various takes
Week 8- Comping and basic editing in Protools
Week 9- Using basic plugins to deliver the best sound
Week 10- The basics of mixing stems
Week 11-The basics of mixing stems and your instrument
Week 12- Time code and syncing performances for sending remotely
Week 13- Using Zoom, audio movers and other programs to communicate remotely
Week 14-Sample song for recording
Week 15 - Listening to students efforts to record and add to the sample song
Week 16- Adjusting to feedback, and notes and rerecording.