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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-241 Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:None Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Techniques for recording and reinforcing music on location. Commonly encountered acoustical problems and an investigation of equipment and techniques used to overcome them.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-322 Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:None Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Students will practice setup and mixing of live ensembles, and assist the audio staff at Berklee concerts and rehearsals in the Berklee Performance Center.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-212 and MP-241; MP-318 and MP-341 must also be taken concurrently with MP-340. Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:MPED majors Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Emphasis on recording techniques including microphone placement, console and signal flow, editing, and live recording. Discussion and utilization of limiters, compressors, noise gates, digital delay, and other signal processing equipment used in the multitrack recording process. Recording projects will be required. Audio ear training will be available outside of class.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-241; MP-340 must also be taken concurrently with MP-341. Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:MPED majors Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A study of the functional operation of equipment used in multi-track mix-down of digital master recordings in a digital audio workstation environment. There will be an emphasis on critical listening and aesthetic consideration. Topics covered will include common DAW procedures and protocol, data management, use of a virtual console, use of a control surface, signal flow, editing, and digital signal processing (plug-ins). Mixing exercises of prerecorded multi-track files.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-340; MP-320 must also be taken concurrently with MP-385. Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:MPED majors Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This advanced recording class analyzes SSL console signal flow; demonstrates sophisticated ensemble mic techniques and applications; compares digital and analog multitrack formats, and reinforces professional session protocols. Drum micing, session flow, documentation and microphone choice and comparisions will all be demonstrated.
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2.00 Credits
Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: MP-320 and MP-341 Course Chair: R. Jaczko Required of: MPED majors Electable by: MPED majors Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description A hybrid production/engineering course dealing with the technical and creative issues surrounding soundtracks for feature film, episodic television, commercials, and documentaries. Exercises and quizzes dealing with synchronization, SMPTE time code, Word Clock, and other technical issues will combine with aesthetic considerations to complete projects dealing with music production for visual media, Foley, sound design, and ADR. A survey of careers in postproduction will culminate in students working together in teams, mirroring their real-world counterparts.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-320 Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:None Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Fall Description A hands-on study of the production of vocalists in the recording studio. Emphasis on techniques and strategies for obtaining the best possible vocal performance, in terms of both emotional impact and technical accuracy. Topics include analysis of commercially recorded vocals, discovering a vocalist's identity, psychological and technical limitations, preproduction with vocalists (with emphasis on the song/vocalist relationship), establishing producer/vocalist rapport, working sympathetically and effectively in the studio environment, conducting a vocal session, vocal compilation, and background vocals. Technical topics include microphone choice and associated signal processing and mixing for vocals. In-class sessions are conducted and produced by both instructor and students. Students will also be required to sing and thus "be produced." Students will produce two multitrack projects incorporating rerecording and compiling of vocal tracks using previous projects.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-340 and MP-341 Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:MPED majors Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Advanced mixing techniques via in-class faculty demonstrations and student participation emphasizing professional industry standards, including an introduction to automation and sophisticated digital reverberation devices. Mixing of 24-track library tapes and production of students' projects.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:MP-421 Course Chair:R. Jaczko Required of:MPED majors Electable by:MPED majors Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Instructor and classmates will review and advise each class member at every step during the planning and production of two or more fully professional 24-track recordings. Criteria will include song selection or scoring, demoing, arranging, session planning, rehearsals, recording, and finished mixing. The instructor may select individual projects-in-progress to demonstrate creative or technical aspects of quality in production and market targeting.
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2.00 Credits
Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: MP-320 and either MP-381 or MP-441 Course Chair: R. Jaczko Required of: None Electable by: MPED majors Offered: Spring, Fall Description A project-oriented class dealing with creating stereo remixes for specific markets (including radio, club, and dance formats) and remixing in 5.1 multichannel surround. Using musicianship and appropriate technology to strengthen the arrangement, beat, and sonic impact of a recording with focus on the technical, practical, and artistic applications of mixing in multichannel surround formats.
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