Schedule

IMPORTANT DATES

January 6 Monday First day of classes

March 10-14 Mon – Fri Spring Break; no classes

April 17-18 Thurs – Fri Spring Holiday; no classes

April 23 Wednesday Last day of classes

Jan 7 Jan 9

  • First Week of Class
  • Submitting Assignments
  • Introduction to Sound
  • Reading Assignment Alten Chapters 2 and 3

Jan 14 Jan 16

Monday

  • Review of Recorder
  • Setting Up Presets
  • Use of Microphone
  • Listening to Storycorps Story
  • Interview
  • Reading Assignment Reminder

Thursday – Introduction to Audacity

  • Julian Treasure
  • Assignment Review
  • Interview
  • Introduction to Audacity
  • Downloading Audacity
  • Getting MP3 Addon
  • In Class Edit Project “Bad Announcer”
  • •First Project “StoryCorps” (Assigned Jan 14th)

Jan 21 Jan 23

Tuesday

  • Ken Nordeen Clip
  • Setting Levels
  • Configuring Audacity
  • Digital Audio Overview (Input, Sample Rate, Bit Resolution)
  • Envelops
  • Mixer
  • Multracking

Thursday

  • Listening to different kinds of music, not just what you like
  • Elements of Sound Structure ADSR (Attack, Sustain, Delay, Release)
    • Piitch – highness or lowness of sound
  • More on Recording With Audacity
    • Setting Up an Audacity Project

Jan 28 Jan 30

  • First Project Due Jan 28 (Review)
  • Eno Reading “About Bells”
  • Schafer “Open Ears”

Feb 4 Feb 6

  • More Audacity
    • Using Microphones and Recording
    • Digital Audio Overview (Input, Sample Rate, Bit Resolution)
    • Visualizing Sound
    • Clipping and Noise Floor

Feb 11 Feb 13

  • Write ups
  • Equipment Review
  • his Week’s Assignment “Sweeps”
  • “Open Ears”
  • 20th Century’s Focus on the Visual Elements
  • Audio as Signals and Sturcture
  • Bells

Feb 25 Feb 27

Project Review

Mar 4 Mar 6

Mixing Audio

Understanding Contrast (Contrast slide show)

5 Aspects (not Steps)

  • Balance
  • Fix
  • Enhance
  • Shape
  • Space

March 6th

  • Mapping Exercise (Eno Energy Fools the Magician)
  • Last bit on EQ and Compression
  • Downward Compression (Berklee Video)
  • Plugins in Audacity
  • Sample Mixdown

Mar 11 Mar 13 Spring Break

Mar 18 Mar 20

David Byrne Video “How Architecture helped Music Evolve”

Mixing

  • Introduction to ProTools
  • Similarities to Audacity
  • Non Destructive Audio Recording
  • File Based
  • Multiple Versions
  • Tracks
  • Regions
  • Bus

Setting Up a Recording Session with Protools

  • Sample Rate 48 khz
  • Bit Resolution 16 or 24 bit
  • Interface
  • Buffer Size (128 for low latency, 1024 for Post Production with Effects)
  • Project Folder
  • Number of Tracks
  • Assigning Input and Output

Mar 25 Mar 27

  • Review Projects
  • Assign Protools Mix Project

Setting Up a Recording Session with Protools

  • Sample Rate 48 khz
  • Bit Resolution 16 or 24 bit
  • Interface
  • Buffer Size (128 for low latency, 1024 for Post Production with Effects)
  • Project Folder
  • Number of Tracks
  • Assigning Input and Output

Apr 1 Apr 3

Types of Tracks in Protools

Creating a Track

Trimming and Editing Tools

Apr 8 Apr 10

Trimming and Editing Tools

  • More Editing
  • Fades
    • Create Fade (Command F)
    • Create Crossfade
  • Zooming
  • Looping Playback (Shift Command L)
  • Nudge (Control – m , . /) And Setting Nudge Amount
  • Consolidation of Regions(Destructive)
  • Clip Group
  • Coloring Regions
  • Markers (Naming, Coloring)

Apr 15

Apr 17 Spring Holiday

Apr 22 Last Day of Class

Final Project Review