Welcome to my SCC Studio Recording Techniques (MUSM 342) Webpage.
Last updated 11/19/08. This webpage is revised frequently - check often for updates.
Link to Main Page (has material applicable to both 342, 306, Audio Production)
My email is PankraS@scc.losrios.edu My VoiceMail is: 568-3100 ext. 13234 (I check my email more often).
Office hours: 12p - 1:30p Mondays during the semester, or other times when I'm on campus (MUSM 306 Concerts, etc). By appointment only - I'll need to schedule it and figure a location based on what you need to go over (hands-on the gear, homework/text, test results, overall review, etc.).
URL of this page: http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~pankras/Recording.html Course description SCC Application
Watch for homework, quiz etc. announcements here.
• (Takehome) QUIZ on Chapters 6, 5, and 13 distributed Monday 11/17/08, due 11/24/08 - see below.
• Homework on Chapter 14 due 11/24/08 - see below.
• Homework on Chapter 10 due 11/17/08 - see below.
• Monday, 11/10/08 Veterans Day Holiday: No Classes
• Homework on Chapters 5 & 13 due 10/27/08 11/03/08 - see below.
• Song Evaluation(s) due on or before 12/8/2008 - see below.
Some of what's on this page:
Class info
Homeworks, Handouts, etc.
The textbook
Link to Auditorium (Music, etc Bldg) Map
Attendance and Homework are 45% of your grade!
Homework will be corrected and returned, but not graded.
Due dates for homework and take-home quizzes are final - no late work accepted. Work is due at the beginning of class.
If you cannot return an assignment to me at classtimes, you may leave it BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF CLASS in my box in the HFA office (A19) - you must call or email me to let me know it is there, or you will not receive credit for having turned it in on time / at all.
Occasionally, depending on circumstances, I may allow you to email your work to me before the end of the class period in which it is due.
Handouts and Docs Referenced: in appx chronological order
Syllabus
Decibel Exposure Time Guide
REF Decibel cross-reference re distances, power, etc.
REF Inverse-Square Law for Sound
REF Watts, db's etc.
REF Inverse-square decibel worksheet
REF A good description of hearing and the decibel scale
REF Line level: balanced = +4 dBu = 1.3V; unbalanced = -10 dBV = 0.3V
Octaves, Harmonics, Wavelengths
Freq's, Staves, and Piano graph
REF Understanding Harmonics on stringed instruments
REF Fletcher-Munson Equal Loudness Curves on 'All Church Sound' site.
REF Distortion 101
Connectors handout (on page 3 of pdf)
Webpage access, email, hearing protection due 09/08/08
REF Haas Effect (aka Precedence Effect) at Wikipedia and Rane Glossary
Homework on Chapter 1 due 09/08/08
Homework on Chapter 2 due 09/08/08
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3D Mic patterns
Balanced vs unbalanced Audio
Countryman Type 85 direct box (DI) data sheet application notes
Shure Beta 57A dynamic mic (instruments)
REF Line level: balanced = +4 dBu = 1.3V; unbalanced = -10 dBV = 0.3V
REF Ribbon Microphones and Phantom Power: "Harmed or even destroyed"
REF Some good graphics and explanations of Mic types
REF EV RE20 dynamic mic (also known as PL20 - little proximity effect due to Variable-D design)
Homework on Chapter 4 due 9/15/08
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REF Patch Bays w half-normal, full-normal: info on dbx site and Sweetwater.com
REF How do VU and dB meters differ?
Homework on Chapter 11 due 9/22/08
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Song Evaluation(s) due on or before 12/8/2008
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Good explanation of phase cancellation/comb filtering
EQ Article w Vocal and Instrument Freqs
Further info on effects
REF Q: Quality factor. The selectivity factor: the ratio of the center frequency f divided by the bandwidth BW (upper freq - lower freq at 3db down from peak value).
REF Q vs Bandwidth Calculator
REF Notes on Pink and White Noise
Homework on Chapter 12 due 10/6/08
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Takehome Midterm due 10/20/08
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REF Introduction to decimal, binary, hexadecimal
REF Decimal/Binary/Hex Calculator
REF Dithering:
at Digital Audio and
Wikipedia
Homework on Chapter 6 due 10/20/08
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REF Tape Recorder Alignment
Homework on Chapters 5 & 13 due 10/27/08 11/03/08
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REF Amplifier Classes (general info); Power amp anatomy (lots o' tech)
REF Amplifier damping factor explanation Marantz and Wikipedia
Amplifier output hookups (stereo, bridged)
Hafler Pro6000 amplifier
AWG Wire Resistance
Homework on Chapter 10 due 11/17/08
(Takehome) QUIZ on Chapters 6, 5, and 13 due 11/24/08
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REF Intermodulation (distortion): Why tubes and tape sound "better"
REF Definitions for Intermodulation Distortion (IMD):
On Wikipedia
and Sweetwater
Speaker Combination Impedances
Series vs parallel
Crossover basics Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
Homework on Chapter 14 due 11/24/08
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Homework on Chapter 18
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REF Recording Studio Room Acoustics and Helmholtz Resonators
REF DiY Acoustics
REF Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms
REF Rane Sound System Interconnection Note 110 (re ground loops, etc.)
Helmholtz resonators, etc
Ground loops (hum, noise)
Homework on Chapter 3
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Homework on Chapter 8
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Some of these are Word and Excel docs I created, others are links to online Acrobat pdf's, gifs, jpegs, or html, etc websites. If you have any difficulties with the Excel or Word docs, please let me know. (IE opens them OK on my Win system, which doesn't have Excel on it)
Manuals, data sheets for SCC Studio Gear
Manuals, data sheets for SCC Live Sound Gear
Books Online:
At: Amazon
Overstock.com Shipping: $2.95
via bookfinder.com
College Bookstore Online
This text is also available for in-library loan at the Learning Resource Center, but don't depend on that because you can't check it out for the open-book tests...
Map of the SCC Auditorium (Music) Bldg (it's a maze)
MUSM 342 is the prerequisite for MUSM 344, the 2nd Recording Studio Techniques class.
Please let me know if any links don't work or have died. I run a linkchecker regularly, but some websites seem to get 'redecorated' constantly...
"Allegro Audio" my personal audio webpage
