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Studio Sound Engineering Course

Studio Sound Engineering Course. Max Hunter IC Radio ( www.icradio.com ) production@icradio.com. The course. 5 sessions booked over the next month Engineer in small groups of mixed ability IC Radio Production Team will guide and supervise 

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Studio Sound Engineering Course

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  1. Studio Sound Engineering Course Max Hunter IC Radio (www.icradio.com) production@icradio.com

  2. The course • 5 sessions booked over the next month • Engineer in small groups of mixed ability • IC Radio Production Team will guide and supervise  • Once you’ve done a supervised session, you can use the studio at your will • 17th March deadline – before it all disappears.

  3. The studio • IC Radio Production Studio, West Basement • Shared between STOIC TV, PhotoSoc, IC Radio • production@icradio.com to book • Control room with 16-channel ProTools 6 rig and various microphones • Can link to IC Radio broadcast desk for live shows

  4. What is recording?

  5. Tracking (1/2) • Recording things (with microphone[s]) • Tracking all at once vs. one instrument at a time • Signal levels • Microphone/instrument level • Line-level • Speaker-level

  6. XLR ¼” TRS/TRRS Jack ‘guitar lead’ GPO Type A GPO Type B Do not confuse with Type A! Only used on patchbays RCA ‘phono’ Speakon

  7. Unbalanced (2-wire) Noisy, particularly for low-level signals Liable to 50/60Hz ‘hum’ Balanced (3-wire) Long cable distances with almost no noise

  8. Gain (so nothing ‘clips’) EQ Aux sends and talkback Pan Mix sends and level

  9. compressor (patchable in) AVIOM monitoring system(patchable in) patchbays

  10. normalled on patchbay normalled on patchbay normalled on patchbay normalled on patchbay inside mixer you patch it yourself!

  11. Microphone inputs -> desk preamps Desk preamps -> ProTools inputs ProTools outputs -> channel strips mix bus outputs AVIOM system and effects (just one compressor left)! By default, no sound comes to the channel strips – need to patch ProTools one-to-one in software after booting computer!By default, no sound comes out monitor speakers – need to patch a group output to the monitor input (in reality we go through 2TR)

  12. Tracking (2/2) • Different types of microphones, DI • Microphone placement • Recording media (tapes, minidisk, DAWs)

  13. Editing • Cleaning up / retiming / retuning audio • Comping vocals • Overdubs / retracking • On-the-go vs editing post-session

  14. Mixing • Making it all sound good • EQ • Compression • Reverb/delays • Inserts and sends • Hardware and software effects • Bouncing

  15. Mastering • Making album / several tracks sound consistent, volume adjustment/limiting • Different masters for different types of listening • ‘Loudness war’

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