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Studio Sound Engineering CourseMax HunterIC Radio (www.icradio.com)[email protected]
The course•5 sessions booked over the next month•Engineer in small groups of mixed ability•IC Radio Production Team will guide and
supervise •Once you’ve done a supervised session,
you can use the studio at your will•17th March deadline – before it all
disappears.
The studio•IC Radio Production Studio, West
Basement•Shared between STOIC TV, PhotoSoc, IC
Radio•[email protected] to book•Control room with 16-channel ProTools 6
rig and various microphones•Can link to IC Radio broadcast desk for
live shows
What is recording?Tracking
Editing
Mixing
Mastering
Tracking (1/2)•Recording things (with microphone[s])•Tracking all at once vs. one instrument at
a time•Signal levels
▫Microphone/instrument level▫Line-level▫Speaker-level
XLR ¼” TRS/TRRS Jack‘guitar lead’GPO Type A
GPO Type BDo not confuse with Type
A!Only used on patchbays
RCA‘phono’
Speakon
Unbalanced (2-wire)Noisy, particularly for low-level signals
Liable to 50/60Hz ‘hum’
Balanced (3-wire)Long cable distances with almost no
noise
Gain (so nothing ‘clips’)
EQ
Aux sends and talkback
Pan
Mix sends and level
compressor (patchable in)
AVIOM monitoring system(patchable in)
patchbays
Microphones
Desk preamps
ProTools inputs
ProTools outputs
Channel strip
Mix busses
Recording/monitoring
normalled on patchbay
normalled on patchbay
normalled on patchbay
normalled on patchbay
inside mixer
you patch it yourself!
AVIOM system and effects (just one compressor left)!
mix bus outputs
ProTools outputs -> channel strips
Desk preamps -> ProTools inputs
Microphone inputs -> desk preamps
By default, no sound comes to the channel strips – need to patchProTools one-to-one in software after booting computer!By default, no sound comes out monitor speakers – need to patcha group output to the monitor input (in reality we go through 2TR)
Tracking (2/2)•Different types of microphones, DI•Microphone placement•Recording media (tapes, minidisk, DAWs)
Editing•Cleaning up / retiming / retuning audio•Comping vocals•Overdubs / retracking•On-the-go vs editing post-session
Mixing•Making it all sound good•EQ•Compression•Reverb/delays•Inserts and sends•Hardware and software effects•Bouncing
Mastering•Making album / several tracks sound
consistent, volume adjustment/limiting•Different masters for different types of
listening•‘Loudness war’
