Schedule
Lessons⌗
Week 1 (8/21)⌗
Monday⌗
- Look at syllabus
- Listen to some surround in the immersive room.
- Atmos demos
- Some 5.1 surround
- Fundamentals of Sound
Read: Physical attributes of acoustic waves: Part I: Introduction
Wednesday⌗
- Announcement: 2024 MOXsonic - could be a place to have your immersive sound works heard!
- A look at annotating with
- Discuss Physical attributes of acoustic waves: Part I: Introduction
- Space and Time in music and sound art
Friday⌗
Week 2 (8/28)⌗
Monday⌗
- Why space
Wednesday⌗
- Discuss Auditory distance perception in humans: a review of cues, development, neuronal bases, and effects of sensory loss - PMC - notes
- Assignment: Project 1: Mono - Due next Wednesday
Friday⌗
- In class - try to create a recording’s perceived distance in a specific environment using reverb, volume, and filtering. Use the new field recording microphone. Use the iPhone measure app to measure distances. We could also try a familiar and unfamiliar sound.
- Record something with the zoom at several distances
- Record something in the studio at several distances
- Try to artificially recreate the distance and spatial cues using the close-miced source and audio effects.
- Mono project check-in
Week 3 (9/4)⌗
Monday⌗
Labor Day - No class
Wednesday⌗
- Class canceled
Friday⌗
- Class canceled - students sick
Week 4 (9/11)⌗
Monday⌗
- 20 minutes Watch mono projects and discuss your process
- Follow along with headphones
Wednesday⌗
Friday⌗
- Stereo microphone techniques - theory and practice
- Try some of these in the studio
- Do the descriptions match what we hear?
Week 5 (9/18)⌗
Monday⌗
- Binaural Audio and Recording
- Experiment with the Occulus?
Wednesday⌗
- binaural recording with the Zoom H3-VR and my sound professionals earbuds
- Anaglyph
- Test out a few of these - Files - Sofaconventions
- Add them to the package contents to get them to show up in the VST
- Anaglyph projects making of - Anaglyph
Assignment: Stereo/binaural - Due 9/26
Friday⌗
- Meet in the immersive room
- Listen to ambisonics recordings in the immersive studio
- Ambisonia - compositions and longer field recordings
- Rode ambisonic recordings - good for sound effects
- How do ambisonics work? Theory..
- Demo of the project setup - how to open a Reaper template to start your project.
Week 6 (9/25)⌗
Monday⌗
- Automation of pans + parameter modulation
- Listen to binaural mix project
- Recording Ambisonics
- Demo decoding various ATK example recordings
- Any questions about setup of the ambisonic project
Assignment: Ambisonics - Due 10/4
Wednesday⌗
- MS vs DMS vs Ambisonics; decode all to 5.1 or 7.1
- Guide:
- Record tests - walk around the mic array and talk so we can hear how it picks up each direction.
- Mid-Side Mic Technique Explained - Stereo Recording 101
- Double Midside Technique
- Routing: FL = side + mid, FR = phase inverted side + mid, C = mid, SL = side + rear, SR = phase inverted side + rear; map to correct channels with JS: Channel Mapper-Downmixer
- Do the routing, then try to encode to ambisonics with the 5 channel encoder.
- Guide:
- One student setup the project in Reaper with these recordings.
Friday⌗
- Listen to binaural project
- Do an Ambisonics mix of a project from The ‘Mixing Secrets’ Free Multitrack Download Library
Week 7 (10/2) - Mixing in Surround⌗
Monday⌗
- Listen to binaural projects
- Continue with ambisonics mix
- Record ambisonics with the Zoom H3-VR
- Spatialize the recordings in Studio B in different ways
- Listen to progress on ambisonics student projects
Wednesday⌗
- Listen to Ambisonics projects
- Cinema’s Hidden Multi-channel history and the origins of digital surround
Friday⌗
Week 8 (10/9)⌗
Monday⌗
- No class for Native America Day
Wednesday⌗
Friday⌗
Week 9 (10/16)⌗
Monday⌗
Wednesday⌗
- Listen to Ambisonics mixes in class and talk about your process.
- ReaSurroundPan
- Mix 7.1 music: Aiguille Rouge
Friday⌗
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
Week 10 (10/23)⌗
Monday⌗
- Atmos with Logic X
- Start Mixing Aiguille Rouge
Homework: I’ll be gone at a conference until next Monday. Finish this mix on your own and submit to D2L. Review this video (Getting Started with Dolby Atmos in Logic Pro - YouTube) for advice on how to use the Atmos functionality of Logic X.
Wednesday⌗
- ATMI conference
Friday⌗
- ATMI conference
Week 11 (10/30)⌗
Monday⌗
- Listen to your progress with your mixes
- answer questions
- In depth listening session
- Atmos Demo
- Lil Nas X demo
- Implement the step sequencer
Wednesday⌗
- Listen to your Atmos mixes
Friday⌗
- Atmos in X DAW
Week 12 (11/6)⌗
Monday⌗
- SpatGRIS
- Update first
- Intro final and proposal - DUE 11/13
Wednesday⌗
- SuperCollider
- https://envelop.us/page/software
- Other programs - https://www.balticimmersive.net/resources
- AcousModules - http://acousmodules.free.fr/spatial-mass.htm
- SpaceControl - https://github.com/raphaelradna/SpaceControl
- Computational surround sound - web audio, supercollider, max/msp etc.
Intro final and proposal - DUE 11/13
Friday⌗
Veteran’s Day - No Class
Week 13 (11/13)⌗
Wednesday⌗
- Meet with Jacob
Friday⌗
- Meet with Noah
Week 14 (11/20)⌗
- independent final work
WF⌗
- Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 15 (11/27)⌗
Monday - 11/28⌗
- Meet to show progress on projects to classmates.
Wednesday⌗
- Meet with Jacob
Friday⌗
- Meet with Noah
Week 16 (12/4)⌗
Monday⌗
- Fill out course evaluations
- Show progress before final
Final Exam⌗
- Final Exam Presentation: Monday, December 11, 1 pm - 3 pm