MUA 2011 - Audio Recording Techniques - Prof. Kidde - FA 2007
Tuesday and Friday Meetings are in Studio 3A or Room 108

Textbook Modern Recording Techniques (MRT) by David Miles Huber, 6th Edition (ISBN 0-240-80625)

Requirements: Midterm, Final, and (maybe) pop quiz. (30 %)
Three Projects. (45 %) Paper (15%). Concert recording participation.
Class participation and concert recording is at least 10 %
Blackboard is a must. Blackboard studio journal is a must.

Office hours: Tuesday and Friday 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon, Wednesday 5-6 PM

Week

Day

Assignment/Topic

1

Tuesday - 8/28

Introduction

Friday    -  8/31

Studio

2

Tuesday - 9/4

MRT Chapter 1 - Introduction

Friday - 9/7

Acoustics

3

Tuesday - 9/11

MRT Chapter 2 – Sound

Friday - 9/14

More Studio Work (Dynamics Processing)

4

Tuesday 9/18

MRT Chapter 3 – Studio

Friday 9/21

***Project One due

5

Tuesday - 9/25

MRT Chapter 4 – Microphones

Friday - 9/28

More Microphones

6

Tuesday - 10/2

MRT Chapter 6 – Digital Audio

Friday - 10/5

More Digital Audio

7

Tuesday - 10/9

No Class - Monday classes meet

Friday - 10/12

MIDI Overview

8

Tuesday - 10/16

MRT Chapter 7 & 8 - MIDI and Multi-media

Friday - 10/19

MID TERM EXAM

9

Tuesday - 10/23

MRT Chapter 9 & 10 – Synchronization

Friday - 10/26

Synchronization

10

Tuesday 10/30

MRT Chapter 11 – Mixers

Friday - 11/2

Amplification

11

Tuesday - 11/6

MRT Chapter 12 – Signal Processing

Friday - 11/9

***Project Two DUE

12

Tuesday - 11/13

MRT Chapter 13 & 14 – Noise

Friday - 11/16

Noise Reduction

13

Tuesday - 11/20

MRT Chapter 16 – Mastering

Friday - 11/23

NO CLASS – Gobble, Gobble

14

Tuesday - 11/27

MRT Chapter 17 – Product

Friday - 11/30

Product Manufacture

15

Tuesday - 12/4

MRT Chapter 18 – Sessions

Friday - 12/7

***Project Three due  // paper due