Audio Fundamentals for Recording TSL-04

Duration – 8 Weeks with 2 classes in a week of 2 hrs Each
Fees: Rs 50,000/-

Music technology has become integral to the life and work of every musician. Increasingly, all professional musicians and music producers are responsible for and expected to be able to effectively record themselves and others, navigate MIDI and audio systems, and troubleshoot their own and others’ recording set ups. Audio is at the heart of every sound system, both analog and digital, and a fundamental knowledge and understanding of audio and audio systems is a must.

In Audio Fundamentals for Recording, you will learn to understand and manage both simple and complex sound systems. The ability to properly set up, operate, and manage any sound system effectively depends on a foundational understanding of both acoustical sound and electrical audio signals. This course will provide you with an in-depth look at such sound systems, both analog and digital, from initial acoustic inception, through transduction and electrical manipulation, to power and acoustic reproduction.

The course will take you through the complete audio signal chain, beginning with the acoustic source. You’ll explore audio transducers including microphones and loudspeakers. You’ll then explore basic and advanced signal flow, including analog and digital consoles and digital audio workstations (DAWs), culminating in gain structures, where you’ll learn to trace levels through a complete hybrid studio signal chain, from source and microphone to loudspeaker and headphones. Along the way you’ll learn about basic acoustics and electronics, analog and digital formats and professional conventions, levels and metering, and DAW and console signal flow. 

Audio Fundamentals for Recording is geared towards students interested or engaged in recording themselves and/or others and interested in setting up and navigating a recording studio of any size. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to configure and trace a recorded signal through a complete recording studio set up, while optimizing levels and avoiding noise and distortion. You’ll be able to read and understand equipment spec sheets, studio, console, and DAW signal flows, and properly set up a basic recording studio integrating both analog and digital elements and interconnects with attention to proper impedance, interfacing, and clocking. You will have the skills to optimize gain stages and trace levels throughout the system, as well as troubleshoot potential problems. Consider this your twelve-week audio bootcamp!

Upon successful course completion, you will have gained a thorough understanding of both analog and digital audio systems. You will be able to:

  • Read as well as generate signal flows of complex audio systems
  • Navigate analog and digital audio console, control, and DAW architectures
  • Read and understand audio equipment specification sheets
  • Trace levels through sound system gain structures
  • Use Ohms Law to calculate voltages, current, and power in circuits
  • Manage audio levels and impedances in complex sound systems
  • Differentiate between and apply different decibel conventions
  • Apply professional metering conventions
  • Use proper grounding schemes and manage system noise
  • Differentiate between various microphone and loudspeaker types and applications

Syllabus

  • The Basics of Sound
  • Transducers
  • Signal-Flow Basics
  • Advanced Signal Flow
  • The Decibel
  • Reference Levels
  • Basic Electronics
  • Digital Audio Basics
  • DAW Signal Flow
  • Digital Consoles and Controllers
  • The Complete Hybrid Recording Studio
  • Troubleshooting