Course detail

AudioPractice - Winter

FaVU-1AP-ZAcad. year: 2010/2011

Practical skills in sound editing related to the knowledge of music software, using the various types of microphones, setting the recording signal level, setting up the monitoring, primary audio recording, added tracks, editing, post-production and the basic rules of mastering. Practical exercise, excursions to other studia.
SW Cubase a Ableton-Live

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Pavel Fajt

Department

Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Creating, producing, and overal finish of a student or other group record .

Prerequisites

Attendance at or credit from the Acoustics and Sound subject, basic IT skills, musical feeling, elementary knowledge of music software.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit is awarded for the completion of an assigned task from the area of sound recording and sound editing.

Course curriculum

1. General character and different use of Cubase and Ableton SW.
2. Various types of recording technologies, their use, history, advantages and disadvantages.
3. Various types of microphones and their practical usage, types of connections
4. Multitracking and reception in the directing room and/or in the recording room
5. Mixing the recorded material, editing
6. Plug-ins, effects, dynamic alterations
7. Final mix, export, back-up
8. Mastering, mastering matrix, industry standards
9. Excursion (for instance of the Disc post-production studio at Barrandov).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will learn the principles of working in sound studio, sound directing, and psychology of recording.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Barry Parker, Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music, The Johns Hopkins University Press, November 17, 2009
Bohumil Geist, AKUSTIKA jevy a souvislosti v hudební teorii a praxi, Muzikus 2005
Lubomír Holzer, Celostní muzikoterapie, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 2009

Recommended reading

Bláha, Ivo - Zvuková dramaturgie audiovizuálního díla, Praha 2004
Nisbett, Alec - Sound Studio, Seventh edition, 2003

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APD , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch ATD , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AGD , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch APK , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AGR , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AIN , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AEN , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AM1 , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AM3 , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AM2 , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AS2 , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AS1 , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AMU , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch AVI , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch APE , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Fajt

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Fajt