Out-of-the-Box Recording Studio Techniques credit:

2 Hours

Introduces basic principles and best practices of audio recording and engineering in a professional studio context. Topics include an overview of the physical properties of sound (acoustics/psychoacoustics), principles of analog and digital audio, acoustic considerations of rooms and studio design, microphone types and placement strategies, gain staging, stereo imaging and immersive recording techniques, signal processing techniques such as compression, reverb, and equalization, and the art and technology of mixing. 2 undergraduate hours. 2 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Successful completion of MUS 209 or MUS 407 is recommended. Restricted to Junior, Senior, or Graduate standing, or instructor approval.