Digital Audio Technology RIM 4200
DIGILab (AMG 120) Section 006 - Mondays & Wednesdays 11:00 – 12:25
Section 004 - Mondays & Wednesdays 12:40 – 2:05
Section 005 - Mondays & Wednesdays 4:10 – 5:55
In Class Case Rumsey
August 29
• Introductions and Overview, Syllabus,
Launching Pro Tools, Showing Wave
Differences.
August 31
• Audio Signals: Wave law,
Frequency, Amplitude, Simple &
Complex Waves
• McBook Tutorial
CH. 1
CH 1, CH 2
September 5
• NO CLASS
September 7
• Decibels, Decibel References
• Audio Signals: Sound in Electrical
Form
•Lab 1 Assigned
CH. 1
CH 1, CH 2
September 12
• Meters, Dynamic Range
September 14
• LAB 1 DUE
• Phase & Polarity
CH. 1
CH 1, CH 2
CH 5 “Metering Systems”
thru “Automation”
September 19
• EXAM 1
September 21
• LAB 2 DUE
• Session Organization,
• DAW Processing: Host vs TDM
• PT Interfaces
CH 13
September 26
• DAW Audio Processing/Plug-ins (RTAS vs.
AS), Serial Processing
• Pro Tools Editing Approaches
September 28
• Signal Processing: Distortion, Gain
Staging, EQ
CH 4, CH 5
October 3
• Signal Processing: Dynamics/Compression
October 5
• Signal Processing: Dynamics/Gating
• LAB 3 DUE
CH 6, CH 7
October 10
• Signal Processing: Delay + Parallel Processing
October 12
• Signal Processing: Reverb
CH 9 thru section 9.4
CH 11 thru section 11.4
October 17
• FALL BREAK
October 19
• Pro Tools: Corrective Editing
October 24
• Additional Processing: Pitch & Time Shifting
• Exam Review/Catch up
October 26
• EXAM 2
October 31
• LAB 4 DUE
• Intro to Digital Audio: Binary, Analog vs.
Digital Representation.
November 2
• A/D Conversion, Sampling,
Quantizing, Aliasing
CH 8 thru “Use of dither” +
all Fact Files (FF)
CH 18 “Aspects of Audio
System…Quality” thru end
of chapter.
November 7
• Clocking
• Digital Audio Connections & Transfers: AES,
ADAT, MADI, SPDIF, TDIF
November 9
• Additional Digital Audio
(Requantization, Dither)
CH 10
CH 8 “Use of Dither” thru
“Pitch Shifting and Time
Stretching”
November 14
• Proficiencies – Group 1
November 16
• Proficiencies – Group 2
November 21
• LAB 5 DUE
• Computer Hardware Make-up &
Considerations
November 23
• Storage Media
• Ram Buffering & Formatting
CH 9 “Mass Storage-Based
Systems” thru “Editing
Software” + all FF
November 28
• Ram Buffering and Formatting
November 30
• Uncompressed, Lossy & Lossless file
formats
CH 8 “Audio Data
Reduction” thru end of
chapter.
CH 10
December 5
• Uncompressed, Lossy & Lossless file formats
December 7 (Last Day Of Class)
• Final Exam Review
FINAL EXAM MONDAY DECEMBER 12
Section 006 (11:00 Start Time) 9:30 – 11:30
Section 004 (12:40 Start Time) 12:30 – 2:30
Section 005 (4:10 Start Time) 3:30 – 5:30
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