Course detail

Studioengineering

FEKT-CSHEAcad. year: 2009/2010

Studio control desk, its main parts, description of operation, its application in the studio production of recordings of music and drama, application outside the studio. General properties of acoustic signals and their transformation in the dynamic, frequency and time domain. Peripherals of studio control desk, effect tools for digital signal processing. Electronic devices used in the production of musical recordings. Basics of music acoustics, tuning, creation of primary actave. Music synthesis, principles, history. Analog, analog-digital and digital synthetizers, typesof synthesis. Sequencers, expanders, MIDI communication system. Computer processing of acoustic signals. HD recording, application of PC to editing and restoring old or corrupted recordings.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Ladislav Káňa

Department

Department of Telecommunications (UTKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will become familiar with the basic methods of how to work with studio devices and their peripherals, including operation with selected electornic musical instruments on the basis of utilizing computer systems for digital audiosignal processing.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school education level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aiml of the course is to give students information about music and estheticc criteria required in the production of musical recordings and about their technical realization.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Benson, B. K.::Audio Engineering Handbook,McGraw-Hill Book Comp. N.Y. USA, 1988 (EN)
Zölzer, U. Digital Audio Signal Processing. Technical University of Hamburg, Germany. (EN)
Russ, M. Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focal Press, Oxford, 1996. (EN)
Watkinson, J. The Art of Digital Audio, 3rd ed. Focal Press, 2001. ISBN 0-240-51587-0 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-BC Bachelor's

    branch BC-TLI , 3. year of study, winter semester, optional specialized

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Káňa

Syllabus

Studio control desk, architecture
Principles of mixing, buses and their properties
Preprocessing part of input unit, creation of buses
Output part, service unit, auxiliary circuits and power supply
Peripheral and effect circuits, digital dignal processing
Generalized signal transformations
Fundamentals of music acoustics
Types and classification of electronic musical instruments
Types of analog syntheses, description of analog synthetizer
Digital syntheses
Audiosignal recording and processing
Musical communication
Computer environment for the processing of music

Laboratory exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Káňa

Syllabus

Arranging students into groups, making them familiar with the laboratory, safety regulations, explanation of laboratory tasks 1 to 5
Measuring amplifier parameters
Measuring the speed of operational amplifier scan
Measuring the limit curves if frequency EQUALIZERS
Measuring the parameters of preprocessing part of studio control desk
Measuring the delay time of electromechanical effects
Middle-of-semester test, explanation of tasks 6 to 10
Measuring the transfer characteristic of of the CHORUS effect
Practising the work with analog synthetizer
Connecting peripherals to studio control desk,sound processor
Technique of using MIDI, sequencer, expanders, digital synthetizer, MIDI filer
PC synthesis of audiosignals
Make-up exercises, awarding the credit pass