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Studio Equipment for Multimedia Sound Production

Studio Equipment for Multimedia Sound Production. Studio Production Equipment. Microphones Monitor Speakers Headphones Audio Mixing Devices (Hardware and ‘ Virtual ’ ) Studio Facility and Acoustic Material. Microphones. Microphones. Microphones. Microphones Types: Dynamic or Condenser

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Studio Equipment for Multimedia Sound Production

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  1. Studio Equipment forMultimedia Sound Production

  2. Studio Production Equipment • Microphones • Monitor Speakers • Headphones • Audio Mixing Devices (Hardware and ‘Virtual’) • Studio Facility and Acoustic Material

  3. Microphones

  4. Microphones

  5. Microphones • Microphones • Types: Dynamic or Condenser • Omni-directional • Uni-directional

  6. Microphones: Dynamic Two examples of dynamic microphones manufactured by Shure

  7. Dynamic Microphones • Versatile and ideal for general-purpose use. • Use a simple design with few moving parts. • Sturdy and resilient to rough handling. • Better suited to handling high volume levels, such as from certain musical instruments or amplifiers. • No internal amplifier and do not require batteries or external power.

  8. Microphones: Condenser Example of a condenser microphone manufactured by Behringer

  9. Condenser Microphones • Condenser microphones require power from a battery or external source (Phantom Power). • Audio signal is stronger signal than that from a dynamic. • More sensitive and responsive than dynamics • Good for capturing subtle nuances in a sound • Typically used for recording vocals in a studio setting

  10. Condenser microphone shown in anti-vibration cradle

  11. Microphones: Directional Omni Cardioid Hypercardioid Bi Some microphones provide for adjustable directional qualities - e.g. video cameras

  12. Microphones: Pop Filter Pop filters reduce the effect of vocals which produce breathe sounds from some words as ‘pops’ into the microphone

  13. Microphones: Pop Filter

  14. Monitor Speakers

  15. Monitors Speakers and Connectivity

  16. Genolec Monitor Speakers

  17. Monitor Speakers • Room acoustics very important • Reference or ‘monitor’ speakers - tell it like it is’ i.e. give no coloration from hardware eq. • Speakers ar either ‘nearfield’ or ‘farfieild’ • Nearfield are designed to sit near the listener at ear level or slightly above allowing listening without too much additional room sound • Farfield speakers are much bigger and more powerful speakers designed to be driven at higher volumes and to sit some way or behind the mixing desk. • Headphones - can be accurate way to monitor sound quality - but speakers considered best sound monitoring device

  18. Headphones

  19. Monitor Headphones (closed-back) Closed-back design gives much less ambienceto wearer and thus moreacoustic isolation.Typically heavierthan open-back design.

  20. Monitor Headphones (open- back) Open-back design gives sense of external ambienceto wearer and less acoustic isolation.Typically lighter than open-back design. Not recommended for voice-overrecordings as headphone audio may‘spill’ into microphone vocal recording.

  21. Audio Mixers

  22. Audio Mixer

  23. Audio Mixer Top View

  24. Audio Mixer has several identical Channel strips

  25. Mixer Channel Strip - Inputs and Various Controls XLR e.g Microphone Line e.g Guitar Inputs Auxiliary e.g Hardware Effects Unit Sensitivity (Gain) Adjustment Equalization i.e. Bass Midrange Treble Effects Available on Mixer Volume Channel Groups, Mute and Solo switches

  26. Pro Tools Mixer

  27. Pro Tools Mix Window and Effects Inserts

  28. Reason ‘Virtual’ Mixer Combination of Studio Audio Equipment

  29. Combination of Studio Audio Equipment

  30. Typical Studio Layout Live Room Control Room Monitors Performance Area e.g. instruments and digital devices e.g synthesizers DAW Mixing Desk

  31. Vocal Recording Live Room Control Room Monitors Vocal Booth DAW Mixing Desk

  32. Acoustic Considerations The acoustic characteristics of a room can be detrimental to recording quality. Acoustic panels are used to absorb standing waves and other echoes. Standing waves are created between two parallel facing walls. There will be a set of frequencies that are reinforced by the distance between the walls causing pressure fronts to accumulate. Absorption material has a dispersive affect on the sound wave - the materials surface would be angular - as show in picture at the top right. Surface reflections

  33. Typical Studio Equipment • Computer and DAW • Audio Interface (if required) • Mixing Desk • Microphones and related accessories • Monitor Speakers of a particular Type • Acoustic Considerations - absorption and dispersion material • Instruments e.g. keyboard / piano

  34. References References Microphones: http://www.behringer.com , http://www.shure.com Speakers: http://www.genelec.com , http://www.behringer.com Headphones: http://www.beyerdynamic.de Audio Mixers: http://www.behringer.com MIDI Keyboards and Audio Interfaces http://www.m-audio.com

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