Schedule
Lessons⌗
Week 1 (8/23)⌗
Monday⌗
- Look at syllabus
- Listen to some surround in the immersive room?
- Atmos demos
- Some 5.1 surround
- Getting access to the studio?
Wednesday⌗
Friday⌗
Week 2 (8/28)⌗
Monday⌗
- Why space
Wednesday⌗
- Assignment: Project 1: Mono
Friday⌗
- Spatial audio psychoacoustics
- Mono project check-in
Week 3 (9/5)⌗
Monday⌗
Labor Day - No class
Wednesday⌗
- Watch mono projects
- Stereo reproduction
- Show sound particles templates for automated panning
Friday⌗
- Stereo microphone techniques - theory and practice
- Try some of these in the studio - time permitting
- Do the descriptions match what we hear?
Week 4 (9/12)⌗
Assignment: Stereo/binaural - Due 9/19
Monday⌗
- Binaural Audio and Recording
- binaural recording with the Zoom H3-VR and my sound professionals ear buds
Homework: record something in binaural to mix in class on Wednesday
Wednesday⌗
- Mixing binaural audio - mono sources
Friday⌗
- Mixing with stereo and Binaural sources in Reaper
- Automation of pans + parameter modulation
Week 5 (9/18)⌗
Monday⌗
- Listen to binaural mix project
- Answer questions for people that had trouble finishing project
- Listen to ambisonics recordings in the immersive studio
- Ambisonia - compositions and longer field recordings
- Rode ambisonic recordings - good for sound effects
Wednsday⌗
- How do ambisonics work? Theory..
- Demo of the project setup - how to open a Reaper template to start your project.
Assignment: Ambisonics - Due 9/28
Friday⌗
- Recording Ambisonics
- Demo decoding various ATK example recordings
- Listen to Eigenmike recordings
- linearDecodingLoudspeakersFOA
- linearDecodingLoudspeakersEigenmike
- parametricDecodingLoudspeakersEigenmike
- AmbiPanningVBAPComparison
- Record ambisonics with the Zoom H3-VR
- make recordings with FumA, AmbiX, and raw A-Format
Week 6 (9/26)⌗
Monday⌗
- Cinema’s Hidden Multi-channel history and the origins of digital surround
- Any questions about setup of the ambisonic project
Wednesday⌗
- In Studio B
- Listen to Ambisonics projects
- A short technical introduction to 5.1
- Back in classroom
Friday⌗
Assignment: 5.1
Week 7 (10/3) - Mixing in Surround⌗
Project 4: Surround Mix film scene
Monday⌗
Wednesday⌗
- Using Sound Particles to create multichannel audio
Friday⌗
- Mixing music in 5.1 or 7.1
- Listen to some more mixes
- VLC
- Bowie - Young American
- Reaper
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
- Jimi Hendrix - Live
- Leonard Cohen
- Joni Mitchell - mostly reverb in the surrounds
- Steve Wilson - Luminol - putting solos in the surrounds?
- Beach Boys
- Flaming Lips
- VLC
- Mix something from Mike Senior’s collection
- Listen to some more mixes
Week 8 (10/10) - Introduction to Dolby Atmos⌗
Monday⌗
- No class for Native America Day
Wednesday⌗
Technical introduction to Dolby Atmos
- Watch the Atmos demo - how different does it sound from the 5.1/7.1 we have been using?
- What is Dolby Atmos
Friday⌗
Week 9 (10/17) -⌗
Monday⌗
- Atmos with Logic X
- Setting up a new mix?
- Step sequencer?
Wednesday⌗
- In depth listening session
- Atmos Demo
- Lil Nas X demo
Friday⌗
- Watch this video for a great overview of Atmos and routing.
- Ocean Eyes tips
- A/B between your mix and the stereo mix to hear if you’re loosing an important part.
- Setting up a mix from scratch
- Mix Major Lazer
- More diffs between bed and object tracks
- Bed tracks are 7.1.2, object tracks are 7.1.4, this is why object tracks are much more precise for spatial location. We can see this with a meter before and after the renderer.
- Let’s try to use some height modes, using automation, or sphere mode
- Requests for a mix for Monday?
Project: create a atmos surround mix of ocean eyes - DUE October 26
Week 10 (10/24)⌗
Monday⌗
- One more Atmos music mix - Kangoro - King Rascal
Wednesday⌗
- Listen to some projects
- Use Logic’s Modulators to do cool stuff (look at project on lab computer)
- Route Modulator using IAC Bus
- Automate the MIDI effect on and off
- Use this to write automation that you can edit.
- Route Modulator using IAC Bus
Friday⌗
- Smart TV Survey
- Listen to some Atmos Music - from Music playlist
Week 11 (10/31)⌗
Monday⌗
Wednesday⌗
Friday⌗
Week 12 (11/7)⌗
Monday⌗
- SpatGRIS
- Intro final and proposal
- D2L submissions for studio time
Wednesday⌗
- SuperCollider
Friday⌗
Veteran’s Day - No Class
Week 13 (11/14)⌗
- Begin work on final - three hours a week of independent work in Studio B
Week 14 (11/21)⌗
- final work
Week 15 (11/27)⌗
Monday - 11/28⌗
- Fill out course evaluations
- Meet to show progress on project to classmates.
Week 16 (12/5)⌗
- Final Exam Presentation: Monday, December 12, 1 pm - 3 pm