Syllabus: Recording Techniques B furthers students understanding of the recording environment. It allows the student to become more familiar with recording equipment, procedures and techniques, and to further their awareness of music recording and editing processes. Recording Techniques B fosters skills in the use of recording equipment such as microphones, recording consoles, loudspeakers, signal processing and noise reduction devices, and sound recorders (stereo and multitrack). The course aims to develop an understanding of hard disc recording, digital audio workstations, mastering and CD production, and sound media.

Learning tasks for specific equipment types (20%), two recording assignments (each 25%), and two written assignments (each 15%).

Students undertake lectures/workshops and recording/mixdown sessions as appropriate. These may be delivered weekly or in intensive blocks (average of two hours per week).

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