Students in MAT 242B read articles from the audio research and commercial literature, learn the fundamentals of the design of recording studio equipment, and carry out experiments in the studios of the Music Department (it is not a recording engineering techniques course, however). Grading will be on the basis of written papers, individual or group R&D projects, and in-class participation.
Stephen T. Pope (stp@mat.ucsb.edu)
Tuesday/Thursday 2:00 - 3:50 PM
Course meets in the CREATE class room (Music 2215)
The recording chain and signal flow
Construction of modern recording studios
Inputs: microphones and pick-ups: types and placement
Cables and signal interchange, patching
Mixing consoles: the channel strip, auxes, groups, and busses
Mixer automation
Levels and signal metering
Signal processing in recording
Equalization and filters
Dynamic range processors: compression and limiting
Reverberation and spatial/surround processing
Special effects processing: flanging, vocoding, scratching, etc.
Analog-to-digital conversion and digital formats
Recorders and storage formats
Analog multi-track tape recorders
Digital audio storage
High-resolution recording
Monitoring in the recording studio
Post-production
Mastering for specific distribution formats
Synchronization to other media
Mixing for surround-sound formats
Computer-based recording systems
Digital audio workstations
Recording and mixing software
Novel configurations
MIDI in the recording studio
Modern networks for recording studios
Special-case recording
Location recording
"Audiophile-grade" recording
A reader for this course will be available at the UCSB book store.
http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/242/B
