Tentative Lecture Topics:


Tuesdays

Thursdays

10/1/98

Intro and overview, signals, Ohm's law and other pertinent legislation

10/6/98

10/8/98

Impedance and other AC considerations

Measuring things: meters and scopes

10/13/98

10/15/98

The Basic signal chain and what can go wrong: gain, noise, distortion, frequency response

Speakers and amps and the tweak audio scene.

10/20/98

10/22/98

Microphones

Signal processors and mixing consoles.

10/27/98

10/29/98

Analog Recording- vinyl and tape

Getting Digital- basics of conversion, error corrrection, formats, storage issues.

11/3/98

11/5/98

More Digital.

Video sound

11/10/98

11/12/98

Industrial recording, how sessions go, mixing and mastering.

Digital audio workstations and their poor cousins the pocket studios.

11/17/98

11/19/98

Room acoustics 1: sound in spaces

Room acoustics 2: isolation

11/24/98

11/26/98

Studio Design: traditional recording spaces and composers studios

Thanksgiving

12/1/98

12/3/98

Bringing it all together: wiring

More about wiring

12/8/98

12/10/98

Sound reinforcement

Making your CD, mastering, graphics, dup houses.

Final: Wed 12/16 at 8:00am



Last Updated on 9/24/98
By Peter Elsea