Studio Recording

Course Description

This is a workshop-style class focusing on the techniques of stereo music recording in the studio. The first three classes are lecture/demonstrations, after that we will alternate between recording soloists, small ensembles, and bands, and discussing and analyzing these recordings. The emphasis is on making complete ensemble recordings of performances. As part of the process we will compare digital and analog systems, and study the structural and operational differences among a variety of microphones. Effects processors, reverbs, delays, equalizers and compressors will all be studied and applied to recordings. The goal of the class is to provide a set of principles and tools that will be relevant to any music recording situation that arises. We will be jumping into a relatively complext studio very quickly, students will be expected to put in whatever time they need to become comfortable in the studio. Over the course of the semester each student is expected to make three finished recordings. Often the first recording will be of a soloist, the second a duo or trio, and the last a band or large ensemble. It is the student’s responsibility to find musicians to record. Grading is based on attendance and participation in class and on the quality of the recordings produced. Students will not be graded on the quality of the music, just the recording. In this class we will refer to the history of music recording repeatedly as we learn about the fundamental techniques as they have been practiced since the 1930s. This course allocates as a Craft for Film & TV majors. Prerequisites: (FMTV-UT 48 OR FMTV-UT 1274).

Code

FMTV-UT 1005

Credits

3

Subject

Undergrad Film & TV