Sound Recording Editing & Mixing

SYLLABUS FOR THE SHORT TERM COURSE OF AUDIO RECORDING, EDITING & MIXING STUDIO SAFFIRE In Association with NAMPA For the year 2010-2011 1 Acoustics-measurements of reverberation time of theatres and scoring stages, Methods adopted to control the reverberation in theatres and sound scoring stages. 2. PC Configurations, Sound Card, speakers, head phones, flat speakers, colored speakers, headphone leakage, head phone amplifiers. 3. Microphones-study of microphones-Directional characteristics of microphones-Omni directional, Bidirectional - unidirectional microphones - Polar patterns – Super and Hyper Cardioid-Ultra directional - Dual pattern microphones - Microphones impedance - Micro phone sensitivity. Microphone leveling and distance, Dynamic Microphone and Tube Microphone. 4. Audio Amplifiers. Transistor based amplifiers and Vacuum tube (valve) amplifiers. 5. Network theory-Dividing networks - combining net works used in recording mixers. Attenuators-various types of Attenuators - Equalizers fixed - variable and graphic equalizer - parametric equalizers High pass filter low pass filter- Band repass filter, Design of fixed attenuation pad. 6. Mixers, Analog and Digital, the difference, Digital Mixing Console: Connections, Optical Fiber, Layers, Faders, gains, Scenes, DIO/Setup, MIDI, Utility, Insert/Delay, Pan Routing, Pair/Group, Patch, Dynamics, EQ, Effects, Libraries, View, Auxiliary Input and Outputs, Phantom Volts, Stereo and Mono. 7. Recording with Software, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Reason, Plug-ins, and VST Instruments. Multi track recording, Punch in recording, Multi take recording, MIDI settings, MIDI Synchronization. Software Effects, reverbs and delays, 8. Cables and Connectors, Balanced and Unbalanced, Phono and XLR connectors.