Course detail

Studioengineering

FEKT-BSHEAcad. year: 2010/2011

Studio control desk, its main parts, description of operation, its application in the studio production of recordings of music and drama, application outside the studio. General properties of acoustic signals and their transformation in the dynamic, frequency and time domain. Peripherals of studio control desk, effect tools for digital signal processing. Electronic devices used in the production of musical recordings. Basics of music acoustics, tuning, creation of primary actave. Music synthesis, principles, history. Analog, analog-digital and digital synthetizers, typesof synthesis. Sequencers, expanders, MIDI communication system. Computer processing of acoustic signals. HD recording, application of PC to editing and restoring old or corrupted recordings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Schimmel, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Telecommunications (UTKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will become familiar with the basic methods of how to work with studio devices and their peripherals, including operation with selected electornic musical instruments on the basis of utilizing computer systems for digital audiosignal processing.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

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

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aiml of the course is to give students information about music and estheticc criteria required in the production of musical recordings and about their technical realization.

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

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Watkinson, J.: The Art of Digital Audio, 3rd ed. Focal Press, 2001. ISBN 0-240-51587-0 (EN)

Recommended reading

Zölzer, U.: DAFX - Digital Audio Effects (Second Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-470-66599-2. Zölzer, U.: DAFX - Digital Audio Effects (Second Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-470-66599-2. (EN)
Forró, D.: Počítače a hudba,Grada, Praha 1994 (CS)
Benson, B. K.: Audio Engineering Handbook,McGraw-Hill Book Comp. N.Y. USA, 1988 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-B Bachelor's

    branch B-TLI , 3. year of study, winter semester, optional specialized

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Schimmel, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Studio control desk, architecture
Principles of mixing, buses and their properties
Preprocessing part of input unit, creation of buses
Output part, service unit, auxiliary circuits and power supply
Peripheral and effect circuits, digital dignal processing
Generalized signal transformations
Fundamentals of music acoustics
Types and classification of electronic musical instruments
Types of analog syntheses, description of analog synthetizer
Digital syntheses
Audiosignal recording and processing
Musical communication
Computer environment for the processing of music

Laboratory exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jaromír Mačák, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Kamil Říha, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Jiří Schimmel, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Špiřík

Syllabus

Arranging students into groups, making them familiar with the laboratory and laboratory equipment, safety regulations
Mixing console
Digital mixing console
Measuring characteristics of the Chorus musical effect
Digital audio effects
Digital harddisk audio recording
Middle-of-semester test, make-up exercises
MIDI controller programming
Using sampler in recording studio
Computer-aied music recording and editing
Audio signal synthesis
Controling of stage equipment
Awarding the credit pass, make-up exercises