Welcome to my SCC Studio Recording Techniques (MUSM 342) Webpage.
Last updated 11/16/09. 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: 916-568-3100 ext. 13234 (I check my email more often).
Office hours: 12-2p Mondays, plus TBA hours around the MUSM 306 concerts during the semester. 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.
• Homework on Chapter 18 due 11/23/09 - see below.
• Takehome Quiz Chapters 6, 5 & 13, 10 and 14 - due 11/23/09 - see below.
• Nov 17 '09 is the Last Day to Withdraw from Full Semester classes
• Homework on Chapter 14 - due 11/16/09 - see below.
• Homework on Chapter 10 - due 11/9/09 - see below.
• Homework on Chapters 5 & 13 due 11/2/09 10/26/09 - see below.
SONG EVALUATION(S) (assignment .doc) due on or before 12/7/2009
FINAL Fall 09: Wednesday, Dec 16 3:00-5:00 pm
Some of what's on this page:
Class info
The textbook
Homeworks, Handouts, etc.
Link to Auditorium (Music, etc Bldg) Map
Attendance and Homework are 40% 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).
Occasionally, depending on circumstances, I may allow you to email your work to me; you MUST EMAIL IT BEFORE THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD in which it is due.
Handouts, homeworks, etc: in appx chronological order. (REF: not required, for further study)
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 Understanding Harmonics on stringed instruments
REF Fletcher-Munson Equal Loudness Curves
REF Distortion 101
REF Haas Effect (aka Precedence Effect) at Wikipedia and Rane Glossary
Syllabus
Decibel Exposure Time Guide
Line level: balanced = +4 dBu = 1.3V; unbalanced = -10 dBV = 0.3V
Octaves, Harmonics, Wavelengths
Freq's, Staves, and Piano graph
Connectors handout
Webpage access, email, hearing protection - due 8/31/09
Homework on Chapter 1 - due 8/31/09
Homework on Chapter 2 - due 8/31/09
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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)
REF How do VU and dB meters differ?
3Ds of Mic patterns
Balanced vs unbalanced Audio
Countryman Type 85 direct box (DI) data sheet application notes
Shure Beta 58 dynamic mic
Homework on Chapter 4 - due 09/14/09
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Takehome Quiz Chapters 1, 2, 4 - due 9/28/09
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REF How do VU and dB meters differ?
REF Patch Bays w half-normal, full-normal: info at Sweetwater.com
Patch Bays w half-normal, full-normal: graphics with explanatory text here
Homework on Chapter 11 due 09/21/09
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REF 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
REF Ringing out monitors (getting rid of feedback)
Moulton Labs:Good explanation of phase cancellation/comb filtering
EQ Article w Vocal and Instrument Freqs
dbx 166XL Comp/Limiter/Gate: See Page 6
Homework on Chapter 12 - due 10/5/09
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REF Introduction to decimal, binary, hexadecimal
REF Decimal/Binary/Hex Calculator
Dithering:
REF Digital Audio and
Wikipedia
Dithering:
at PC Recording
Homework on Chapter 6 - due 10/19/09
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REF Tape Recorder Alignment
Analog Tape Path
Homework on Chapters 5 & 13 due 11/2/09 10/26/09
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REF Amplifier Classes (general info - lots o' tech)
REF Power amp anatomy (lots o' tech)
REF Amplifier damping factor explanation Marantz and Wikipedia
Definition for Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) at Sweetwater
Hafler Pro6000 amp
AWG Wire Resistance
Amplifier output hookups (stereo, bridged)
Homework on Chapter 10 and Hafler amp - due 11/9/09
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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
dbx DriveRack Studio Cut sheet
Homework on Chapter 14 - due 11/16/09
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Takehome Quiz Chapters 6, 5 & 13, 10 and 14 - due 11/23/09
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Homework on Chapter 18 - due 11/23/09
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REF Rane Sound System Interconnection Note 110 (re ground loops, etc.)
REF Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms
REF DiY Acoustics Cheap bass traps
Recording Studio Room Acoustics and Helmholtz Resonators
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
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...
Book Online:
Modern Recording Techniques: Author: Huber & Runstein ISBN10: 0240806255, ISBN13: 9780240806259; Edition/Copyright: 6th 2005; Publisher: Focal Press, Inc.; Cover: Paperback
via bookfinder.com
At: Overstock.com Shipping: $2.95
Amazon
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...
"Allegro Audio" my personal audio webpage
