MATHEMATICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
VCD3150 | Audio Production | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YAHYA BURAK TAMER |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The main objective of the course is to introduce the student to the phases of an audio production. The attendant will be exercising on levels such as: Digitalization of acoustic sound elements, editing audio via digital audio workstations, mixing multi-track sound, using spectral shapers & dynamic compressors. The principles of audio production will be evaluated through applications and design projects. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Analyze the phases of audio production 2) Recognize the concepts of multi-channel audio mixing 3) Recognize the concepts of spectral balance of audio tracks 4) Recognize the concepts of dynamic balance of audio tracks 5) Apply audio mixing principles via high-end digital audio workstation software 6) Recognize the concept of automation in audio mixing phase 7) Perform audio mastering to maintain spectral balance 8) Perform audio editing to enhance audio interference 9) Evaluate various audio production approaches 10) Create audio tracking / mixing / mastering projects in order to complete production |
Fundamentals of Audio Production & Sound Design, Multi-channel audio, Working with high-end digital audio workstations, mixing multi-channel audio, Concepts of sound intensity & spatiality, Concepts of equalization & dynamic control, Concepts of dynamic processing, Automation & editing techniques, Introduction to mastering audio, Spectral & Dynamic control during the mastering phase, Spectral shaping, routing & grouping audio, Production analysis. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course, Class curriculum evaluation | - |
2) | Fundamentals of Audio Production & Sound Design | Read pp 91-122. Russ Martin. 2009. Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focal Press: New York |
3) | Introduction to Multi-channel audio. Working with high-end digital audio workstations | Read pp 151-196. Miranda, Eduardo Reck. 2002. Computer Sound Design: Synthesis Techniques and Programming. Focal Press: Oxford. |
4) | Introduction to mixing multi-channel audio. Concepts of sound intensity & spatiality Assignment #1 | Read pp 48-91. Holmes, Thom. 2008. Electronic & Experimental Music: Technology, Music and Culture. Routledge: New York. |
5) | Mixing Multi-channel audio Concepts of equalization & dynamic control Assignment #2 | Prepare Assignment #1 |
6) | Mixing Multi-channel audio Concepts of dynamic processing Assignment #3 | Prepare Assignment #2 |
7) | Mixing Multi-channel audio Automation & editing techniques Project #1: Mixing audio | Prepare Assignment #3 |
8) | Introduction to mastering audio Assignment #4 | Prepare Project #1: Mixing audio |
9) | Spectral & Dynamic control during the mastering phase Assignment #5 | Prepare Assignment #4 |
10) | Spectral shaping, routing & grouping audio | Prepare Assignment #5 |
11) | Production analysis Final Project | - |
12) | Review Final Project Evaluation #1: One to one sessions | Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations. |
13) | Review Final Project Evaluation #2: One to one sessions | Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations. |
14) | Review Final Project Evaluation #3: One to one sessions | Prepare for Final Project progress evaluations. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | Russ Martin. 2009. Sound Synthesis and Sampling. Focal Press: New York. Manning, Peter. 2004. Electronic and Computer Music. Oxford University Press: New York. Holmes, Thom. 2008. Electronic & Experimental Music: Technology, Music and Culture. Routledge: New York. Miranda, Eduardo Reck. 2002. Computer Sound Design: Synthesis Techniques and Programming. Focal Press: Oxford. Demers, Joanna. 2010. Listening Through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music. Oxford University Press: New York. Adlington, Robert eds. 2009. Sound Commitments: Avant‐garde Music and the Sixties. Oxford University Press: New York. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 15 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 39 |
Project | 1 | 10 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 10 |
Final | 6 | 24 |
Total Workload | 125 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics | |
2) | To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods, | |
3) | To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials, | |
4) | To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, | 4 |
5) | To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way, | |
6) | To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level, | |
7) | To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement, | |
8) | To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, | 4 |
9) | By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere, | |
10) | To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning, | |
11) | To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school, | |
12) | To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively. |