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main course handout: Mixing
& Mastering Quick Reference - Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Course Information
Music
Production WS 2007-2008
Digital Audio Production Tools
Digital
Audio Production Tools Overview - Michele Gaggia (MS Word
Document)
Acoustic Basic and Digital Audio
Mixing &
Mastering Quick Reference (section: Acoustic Basics and
Digital Recording) - Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Digital Audio Formats - Michele Gaggia (MS Word Document)
Acoustics
FAQs (www.acoustics.org)
Acoustics
101 - Reverberation, Reflections, Absorption, Isolation
(www.acoustics.com)
Acoustic
and Vibration Animations - Dan Russel
Musical
Acoustics - Links (University of South Wales - Australia)
Technical
Papers by Peter Elsea (Index)
Includes: Sound Propagation, Hearing and Perception, The Numbers
in Acoustics, Sound Spectra, A Primer on Microphones, Basics
of Analog Recording, Basics of Digital Recording, Some Basic
Electronics, The Mathematics of Electronic Music
Digital
Recording (Wikipedia)
Analog/Digital
Converters - George Petersen (Mix Magazine)
Microphones and Recording Techniques
Mixing &
Mastering Quick Reference (section: Microphones and Recording
Techniques) - Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Stereo
Recording Microphone Setups - Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Microphones
(Wikipedia)
Stereophonic
Sound (Wikipedia)
Stereo
Recording Techniques (Wikipedia)
Surround
Sound (Wikipedia)
MIDI and Notation
Technical Articles from www.midi.org:
MIDI
Overview
MIDI
Messages
MIDI
Transports
Standard
MIDI Files
MIDI
and Music Synthesis
MIDI
Specification - downloadable documents
Sound Synthesis
please go to the MIDI-Instrumente
und Klangprogrammierung page for links and handouts
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/pdfarchive1.asp
- Tutorials on Trance, Kontakt, Reason, use of effects, etc.
(PDF)
Effects, Mixing & Automation
Mixing &
Mastering Quick Reference (section: Mixer - Signal Routing)
- Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Mixing &
Mastering Quick Reference (section: Filters, Effects and
Plugins) - Michele Gaggia (HTML)
Effect Processors
- Michele Gaggia (MS Word Document)
Mixing Automation
- Michele Gaggia (MS Word Document)
Magic
Frequencies - Bobby Owsinski (from the Mixing Engineer's
Handbook)
Mixing &
Mastering Quick Reference (section: Mixing) - Michele
Gaggia (HTML)
Studio Acoustics and Design
Studio Design:
Introduction, Sound Proofing - Michele Gaggia (MS Word
Document)
Studio Design:
Acoustic Control, Control Rooms, Recording Rooms - Michele
Gaggia (MS Word Document)
Basic
Studio Design - Malcolm (www.micworks.com)
Advanced
Studio Design - Malcolm (www.micworks.com)
Acoustic
Treatment for Home Studios - Peter Elsea (MS Word
Document)
Acoutsic
of Small Rooms - Sylvio R. Bistafa (PDF Document)
Acoustic Calculators
Room
Acoustics - Eigenmodes Calculator - http://www.hunecke.de
Room
Acoutsics - Reverb Time Calculator - http://www.hunecke.de
Samplers
Samplers - Michele
Gaggia (MS Word Document)
Nemesys/Tascam
GigaStudio 3
Native
Instruments Kontakt
Steinberg
HALion 3
MOTU
Mach V
Sound Libraries
Vienna Symphony Library
Gigastudio
MasterBits
Best Service
Spectrasonics
East
West
Books
"das Tonstudio Handbuch" - Hubert Henle
[CG Carstensen - ISBN 3-910098-14-2]
(topics: Tonstudiotechnik - recording, microphones, mixers,
effects, editing, etc.)
Order "das Tonstudio Handbuch" online from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3910098193/qid=1034641322/sr=8-1/ref=sr_aps_prod_1_1/028-1954415-7494964
... or buy in Salzburg from:
KeyWi Music - Betriebsgebiet Puch Nord 3 - A-5412 PUCH
Telefon +43 (0) 662 848410
Fax +43 (0) 6245 71394 30
http://www.keywi.com
Magazines
Keyboards - http://www.keyboards.de
Production Partner - http://www.production-partner.de
c't (Magazin für Computertechnik) - http://www.heise.de/ct
Computer Music - http://www.computermusic.co.uk
"das Homerecording Handbuch" - Roland Enders
[CG Carstensen - ISBN 3-910098-13-4]
"das Effekte Praxisbuch" - Frank Pieper [CG
Carstensen - ISBN 3-910098-16-9]
"The Mixing Engineer's Handbook" - Bobby
Owinsky [Artist Pro - ISBN 0-87288-723-5]
"The Mastering Engineer's Handbook" - Bobby
Owinsky [Artist Pro - ISBN 0-87288-741-3]
"How to build a small budget recording studio from
scratch" - Mike Shea [McGraw-Hill - ISBN 0-07-138700-5]
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please visit the Free
Audio/MIDI/DSP Resources page!
Music Production - Lecture
1. DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION TOOLS
Overview of current Audio/MIDI Sequencers and HDR Systems:
Wavelab, Cubase SX, Logic, Pro Tools, Samplitude
Overview of the functions available in Cubase SX or Logic
2. ACOUSTICS and DIGITAL AUDIO
Acoustic Basics (frequency and dynamic range, fletcher-munson
diagram)
Overview of Analogue and Digital recording devices and formats
Principles of Digital Audio Recording (sampling, quantization,
aliasing, AD-DA converters))
3. MIDI and NOTATION
MIDI Standard, MIDI-Instruments (keyboards, sound modules,
effects), MIDI recording and editing in Sequencer programs
4. MIXERS and SIGNAL ROUTING
Hardware mixer types (inline, split), channel strip structure
(gain, EQ, pan, volume)
signal routing (channels, inserts, aux, busses, master,
monitor)
Virtual Mixing Environment in Cubase SX or Logic
5. MICROPHONES and RECORDING TECHNIQUES
microphone types (condenser, dynamic, small and large membrane)
polar characteristics (omni, cardioid, figure-of eight)
Stereo recording setups: X-Y, A-B, ORTF, OSS, etc.
6. SOUND SYNTHESIS BASICS
Timbre, overtone and dynamic structure of instrumental and
vocal sound, formants, envelope
Overview of different synthesis models: Analogue Subrtractive,
FM, Wavetable
7. RECAPITULATION + TEST
Music Production - Workshop
1. Cubase SX: overview of audio, MIDI and DSP functions
2. Cubase SX: stereo and multitrack recording setups
3. Cubase SX: MIDI-editors (matrix, notation, event)
4. Cubase SX: Audio mixer, routing, setting up effects
5. Cubase SX: Audio editors, DSP processing, time and pitch
correction
6. VST instruments
7. Project presentation
Music Production - Lecture
1. EFFECTS PROCESSORS
Hardware and software based effect units
Analogue and DSP-based effects; PlugIn categories and standards
Effect categories and main parameters; using effects as Insert
or Aux send/return
Using internal and external effects inside digital sequencers
(routing, insert, aux send/return, live inputs)
2. AUTOMATION
Total Recall – Total Automation
Full Mix, MIDI and PlugIn automation in modern digital sequencers
3. ROOM ACOUSTICS
studio control room, recording room, room modes, reverberation
time, acoustic control, sound insulation
studio monitors (nearfield, midfield, main monitors, headphones)
stereo and surround monitoring (ITU 775 specs)
4. SYNCRONISATION, CABLING
Timecodes: SMPTE, MTC, MIDI-Clock, Song Position Pointer
Digital audio: Word-Clock, ADAT, TDIF, AES-EBU, S/P-DIF
MIDI & Rewire, ASIO, GSIF
Analogue and digital audio cables, balanced/unbalanced cables,
MIDI cables, connector types
5. SAMPLERS
A short history of sampling
Overview of modern hardware and sampler types (GigaStudio,
EXS24, Kontakt)
Libraries, formats, tools and techniques
6. AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION / MUSIC FOR PICTURE
Introduction
Basics, Setup, Tools, Methods;
Music for video, film, documentaries, etc.
Scoring and arrangement tips
7. RECAPITULATION + TEST
Music Production - Workshop
1. Cubase SX: effect categories and parameters
2. Cubase SX: mixer automation
3. Cubase SX: creating virtual acoustic spaces
4. Cubase SX: Rewire interface, Rewire instruments
5. software samplers (GigaStudio, Halion, etc.)
6. Cubase SX: video functions, audio and video sync
7. Project presentation
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