ENT-ENT7001 - Audio Visual & Sound Engineering I
Course Description
This course introduces the recording studio, the music industry, and the fundamentals of analog and digital audio. Topics focus on the foundations of modern recording including the study of sound and hearing; recording consoles; signal flow; principles of signal processing; reverberation; delay, equalization, and other effects; a study of microphones and techniques; and an introduction to recording production and techniques. Classes are lectures with limited in-class application. Upon completion, students should have a fundamental understanding of recording equipment and the music and AV & sound engineering industries.
Course Outline
Content:
- History of Sound Recording
- Careers in the music industry and how it relates to the study of audio engineering.
- Nature of sound, hearing, and the decibel system.
- Recording studio acoustics and design.
- Microphone and speaker theory, placement, and techniques.
- Theory and operation of mixing consoles.
- Cables and interfacing.
- Multi-track recording fundamentals: the process involved and its relation to the modern recording environment. It's effect on how music is created.
- Recording device theory: how Analog tape, Modular Digital Multi-track and digital sound is captured and stored.
- Fundamentals of the digital sample and how it relates to the production environment.
- Theory and principle of signal processing devices commonly used in the studio (i.e. reverb, compression, and equalization).
- Introduction to MIDI and SMPTE timecode.
- Copyright basics and how it affects the modern recording environment.
- Understanding the record label and what to expect.
- The method of how a recording gets released. The golden triangle of record releases used by record labels.
- Becoming a good assistant engineer. How to interact with people in the studio, keeping good logs and making yourself an asset to the studio staff.
Learner Outcomes
Students will learn and understand:
the theoretical and practical background knowledge necessary to begin their training and education as an AV & sound engineer
how to effectively function in the modern recording studio environment and the music industry.
Prerequisites
NoneApplies Towards the Following Certificates
- Audio Visual and Sound Engineering Certificate Program : Audio Visual and Sound Engineering Certificate