Course detail
Audio Technologies
FaVU-TEAUDI-ZAcad. year: 2023/2024
Audio Technology I is an introductory course to working with sound, providing students with an introduction to music production and studio work. It focuses on the basic orientation in the FaVU BUT sound studio and its equipment, such as microphones, preamplifiers, compressors, virtual synthesizers, samplers, effects processors or sequencers. The course includes an introduction to the principles of recording, editing, editing and mixing recordings; as well as working with microphones, recording chain and audio editing DAW programs, specifically the basics of working in Ableton Live, but other professional DAW software Nuendo, Reaper or Cubase are also briefly introduced.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Interest in music and active working with sound.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Teaching takes place in the audio studio of the KAT FaVU BUT in the hours determined by the timetable. Attendance is compulsory, the maximum number of absences is 30 %. Higher amount of absences can be compensated by submitting an alternative assignment after agreement with the lecturers.
Aims
The aim of the course is to introduce to the students the possibilities of working in the sound studio of FaVU BUT, the basics of music production, methods of recording and editing sound material into the intended form.
Students will learn to navigate the sound studio, independently record and edit audio material into the intended form. Students will also acquire basic technical terminology and an understanding of the principles of the audio technologies presented. Students will learn to work independently with Ableton Live software, virtual instruments (samplers, synthesizers, effects), microphones, and preamps. Students will learn the basic procedures of music production, which they will confirm by creating their own simple credit audio composition.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Dennis DeSantis, Making Music, Ableton AG, 2015. (EN)
Recommended reading
Bohumil Geist, Akustika – jevy a souvislosti v hudební teorii a praxi, Muzikus, 2005. (CS)
Milan Guštar, Elektrofony I, II, Uvnitř, 2008. (CS)
Thomas Bey William Bailey, Micro-bionic: Radical Electronic Music and Sound Art in the 21st Century, Scb Distributors, 2009. (EN)
J.T.Cloutier, The Bedroom Super Producer, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. (EN)
David Miller Huber, Robert E.Runstein, Modern Recording Techniques, Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, 2005. (EN)
Rick Rubin, In the studio, ECW Press, 2009. (EN)
J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid, Slam Academy, 2018. (EN)
Brian Eno, Oblique Strategies, Brian Eno, 1979. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUB Bachelor's
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DES_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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