Shaping Sound: Audio Technology for Creative Musicians

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, two hours; studio, one hour; outside study, nine hours. Introduction to basic acoustic principles, practical techniques, and working procedures for equipment used in contemporary music production, including microphones, mixers, recorders, synthesizers, and sequencers. Basic sound processing operations (equalization, compression, distortion, reverberation). Operating principles of most popular systems of music production software and hardware. P/NP or letter grading.