Class Recording, Reproduction and Transmission Workshop

The course is an advanced training workshop in the fields of recording and mixing of musical and audiovisual projects. The varied concepts associated with digital audio will be deepened while furthering the development of skills in the use of various recording media and hardware / software system configurations both in studio context and in the context requiring external recordings. Students will be encouraged to consolidate all stages of the production process of musical and audiovisual projects and thus demonstrate complete autonomy in the design of sound materials.

Not applicable

  1. Technical study of microphones and pre-amplification systems; 2. Analog and digital summing: practical considerations; 3. AD/DA conversion systems and DSP/HDX system configuration; 4. Measurement systems: VU, dBFS, dBTP, dBu, dBv, LUFS, RMS; 5. Graph analysis: spectral analysis (AVG TIME, PEAK, SUMM), vector analysis, sound field (antiphase), phase correlation; 6. Stereo and multichannel (surround) capture techniques: Blumlein, XY, AB, MS, ORTF, Decca Tree, ORTF+AB, DoubleMS, OCT, Hamazaki, IRT Cross and Ambinonics; 7. Specific techniques for capturing musical instruments; 8. Suppression of phenomena associated with phasing/comb-flitering; 9. Advanced mixing/mastering techniques in stereo and 7.1 surround; 10. Advanced noise suppression and restoration techniques; 11. Capture techniques for radio/cinema/television: foley, location and field recording; 12. Introduction to mixing projects in immersive sound (Dolby Atmos to Binaural);

The course is organized according to theoretical oral presentation sessions in order to consolidate theoretical-practical knowledge around recording and mixing techniques. These sessions are supported through audiovisual projection equipment and sound reproduction systems. Bibliographic materials and complementary information associated with the classes are made available through the e-Learning platform Moodle. The practical sessions will mostly be taught in a recording studio context.

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