Music and Sound Technologies
Objectives
A-To mix a musical project, taking into account all the stages involved;
B-to analyse technically and creatively various musical mixes and productions made by professionals;
C-to know the technical terms of the area and apply them correctly;
D-to understand the creative dimension of the recording process, mixing and production.
General characterization
Code
711021079
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Rui Pedro Rodrigues Pereira Jorge
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- Burgess, R. D. (2013). The art of music production. Oxford University Press.
- Fonseca, N. (2006). Introdução à engenharia do som. Lidel.
- Gibson, D. (1997). The art of mixing. Mix Books.
- Gottlieb, G. (2007). Shaping sound in the studio and beyond: Audio aesthetics and technology. Delmar.
- Middleton, P., & Gurevitz, S. (2008). Music technology workbook: Key concepts and practical projects. Elsevier.
- Rumsey, F. (2014). Sound and recording: Applications and theory. Routledge.
- Thompson, D. M. (2018). Understanding audio: Getting the most out of your project or professional recording studio. Berklee Press.
- Zager, M. (2021). Music production: A manual for producers, composers, arrangers, and students. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Zagorski-Thomas, S. (2014). The musicology of record production. Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
Content exposition through demonstration and analysis of reference examples. Realization of practical exercises, accompanied by the teacher.
Commented listening and monitoring of the work done by students throughout the CU. Interaction between teacher and students through the Moodle platform, where various fundamental materials are made available for the completion of the module.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Activity report (preparation of a detailed report on the process of mixing and subsequentoral discussion of the report with the teacher)(30%), Mixing exercise (using a set of raw stems provided by the teacher, students make the final mix of a theme, using all the knowledge acquired during the module)(70%)
Subject matter
1. Stages of musical projects: recording, mixing and mastering.
2. Destructive and non-destructive editing.
3. Digital Audio Workstation (DAW): editor, sequencer, synthesizer and score editor.
4. Monitoring: objectives and adaptation to various contexts.
5. Analog and digital mixing desks: advantages, disadvantages and basic configuration.
6. Mixing in editing applications (DAW): specificities.
7. Routing: insert, auxiliary tracks and send/return.
8. Volume measurement: VU, Peak and LUFS.
9. MIDI protocol in the mixing process.
10. Equalization: graphic and parametric equalizer.
11. Dynamics: compressor, gate and limiter.
12. Effects processing: reverb, delay, phaser, chorus, distortion.
13. Panning and automatisms.
14. Fine tuning and tempo correction.
15. Synthesis and effects in the context of mixing.
16. Mastering and finalizing projects.