Audio 101 – Basic Audio Techniques
30 hours of lecture[Prerequisite: None]
This course introduces students to audio engineering. Topics include:
- The theory of sound – about decibels, frequency, hertz, sound waves, etc.
- Proper signal levels and connections
- How to use microphones – how to pick the correct microphone for a particular application
- How to position microphones correctly
- Audio recorders, both analog and digital
- How to connect audio recorders to mixing boards
- Signal routing and how the audio signal flows through the mixing board
- Equalization and how to equalize various instruments
- Effects sends and returns, and how to connect signal processors to the mixing board
- How to record a band in the recording studio
- How a well balanced mix is put together
We ask that the student go to the Internet and purchase this online “eBook”:
Audio Engineering 101 by Tim Dittmar – (2nd Edition) Copyright 2018 by Taylor & Francis
