INTRODUCTION TO AUDIO RECORDING

MTM 3110

Special Extra-Credit Exam - Fall 2004

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Best viewed as a print-out - 37 pages.

New Web Notes for Final Exam Study
Dynamics Processing Technical Review and Useage Tips - ON FINAL EXAM
Stereo Microphone Techniques Introduction - ON FINAL EXAM
Note: there are other materials below that are also useful for studying for the final examination!

Assignments, Exams and Related Materials

Question Set I
Question Set II
Question Set III
- REMOVED FROM COURSE SYLLABUS

Examination II

Examination II (.rtf) - download and print
Examination II - Readings (.pdf) - referenced in the examination

"Capturing the Feel" - Joe Barresi interviewed by Maureen Droney (.pdf)

"Recording on a Dime" - by Sean D. Carberry (.pdf)
"Recording the Ultimate Vocal" - EQ Vocal Recording Special - Various authors (.pdf)
"Genius is Small Pieces" Interview with Daniel Lanois - Tape Op Magazine - R. Sokal (.pdf)
- THESE MATERIALS CURRENTLY OFF-LINE
SAMPLE MIDTERM
Pre-Midterm Take Home Quiz 1 (.rtf file 7MB due to graphics - download and print from word processor)
Pre-Midterm Take Home Quiz 2 (.rtf file 7MB due to graphics - download and print from word processor)
Midterm Examination (sample)
Midterm Examination Fall 2001 Answer Key (.rtf file - larger!)
Midterm Examination Fall 2001 Answer Key (MS WORD .doc file - smaller)
(WORD format - download and view in word processor 1.4MB)
- THESE MATERIALS CURRENTLY OFF-LINE

Question Set IV
Question Set V
Question Set VI
Question Set VII
- REMOVED FROM SYLLABUS
SAMPLE FINAL
Final Examination (sample)
- THESE MATERIALS CURRENTLY OFF-LINE

Lecture Notes

UNIT 1: Listening Modalities  
Article: Art of Listening - Moylan (.pdf) Download, print and read for Quiz I + in-class discussion
Article: Listening (excerpts) - Truax (.pdf) Download, print and read for Quiz I + in-class discussion
Article: Listening II (excerpts) - Truax (.pdf) Supplemental Reading
Web: Hearing and Listening: Part I Web-Notes (.html) Review for Quiz + in-class discussion
   
Study Guide for Unit 1 Quiz
Ear Function Graphic Description
To download .pdf files, simply right-click and use the "Save Link As" option. Then open from your computer for printing. Saves time and places a copy on your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary, see CD-ROM 1.
UNIT II: The CARA Studios  
Review DA-88 manual on CD-ROMs review for MIDTERM
Review Mackie 8-Bus Manuals on CD-ROMs review for MIDTERM
Review Studio C patchbay diagrams on CARA Web review for MIDTERM
   
UNIT III: The ELECTROACOUSTIC CHAIN Sound Fundamentals and Filtering I
Web: Sound Fundamentals Web-Notes (.html) from lecture - review for MIDTERM
Web: Filtering I Web-Notes (.html) from lecture - review for MIDTERM
  from lecture - review for MIDTERM / FINAL
   
UNIT IV: Microphone Technology  
Web: Microphone Technology I (.html) from lecture - review for FINAL (also on CDROM III)
   
UNIT V: Gain Staging Concepts  
Web: Gain Staging (.html) from lecture - review for FINAL
Web: Microphone Technology II (.html) (online soon) Note: NOT ON FINAL EXAM
   
UNIT VI: Two Articles  
Square One: Phase One - phase and polarity (.pdf) review for FINAL (on CDROM III)
Mixed Signals - Mixer Topography (.pdf) review for FINAL (on CDROM III)

Other Texts

Psychoacoustics - Introductory Definitions
Demonstrations in Auditory Perception
Physics and Psychophysics of Music
Concert Hall Acoustics
Room Acoustics
Instrument Acoustics: The Flute, a Case Study
Instrument Acoustics: The Violin, a Case Study
Sundberg: Music Acoustics on the Threshold of the 21st Century
Abbreviations - Some Useful Definitions
Ron Pellegrino Web Page
Ron Pellegrino: "Why are audio engineers the enemies of our ears?"
Ron Pellegrino: "Audio Report I"

Print Me! (sneaky, huh?)

Calling All MegaPhones! (.pdf)

Session Management Tips (.pdf)

Mixing Mini-Article One (.pdf)

Mixing Mini-Article Two (.pdf)

Misc. .pdf and .rtf READINGS - Non-Course Related

Time Magazine - NAPSTER (.pdf) Warning: VERY LARGE FILE! - No longer an issue!
 
Philosophically Oriented Articles
Completeness by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (food for thought in a troubled world) - .pdf
The Persistence of Peotry by Peter Hawes (the lure of great verse) - .pdf

Updated: 11/29/04