Recording and Production Techniques

Catalog description

This course exposes students to the art of music production, engineering and recording, as well as fundamentals of audio theory and engineering, audio production technique in both the studio environment and location specific recording, playback, post -production applications, and musical acoustics. As a sound engineers and producers, your job is ensuring that your production creates strong emotional impact. In this course students will be exploring the intersection where technical skills and creative ideas meet in order to create a song. Students will be exposed to a variety of topics including, to multitrack recording, microphone techniques, live recording sessions, advanced editing techniques, advanced topics on musical acoustics. Students will gain analytical and professional skills needed for a variety of music production-focused careers. This course will as well expose students to a variety of production and sound engineering techniques that can be applied on different music styles ranging from pop, funk, jazz and orchestral acquiring knowledge and expertise using Pro Tools in conjunction with Dante Network and Nuendo working on unique orchestral/ ensemble recordings.