# Tuesday, October 21st
- Written Midterm
- Tuesday, November 4th
- Central Routing Panel
- Basic SSL operation
- Basic Channel Strip Operation
- Basic Patchbay Operation (4 steps to record)
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# Tuesday, October 7th
- Check In
- Midterm Homework Assignment will be given on Thursday, but it will be a mixing assignment.
- Lecture
- Compression Review
- [[1. - Compression - Module Intro -]]
- [[10. Studio Compressors]]
- Difficult secondary concepts
- Hardware Insert Patching
- [[ProTools Hardware Insert Patching]]
- Printing Methods
- [[4. AudioSuite Render]]
- [[3. Commiting a Track]]
- Lab
- Record AB using session setup
# Thursday, October 2nd
- Check In
- Gabe Session Today
- Stay tuned for AB's session on Tuesday
- Setup Sheet Update
- Example Setups on last tab
- Stay tuned for Laminated Setup Sheets
- Lecture
- 4 Steps of Recording
- Step 2:
- When does a preamp NOT have a channel strip
- What preamps do we have?
- [[1 . Studio A Outboard Gear]]
- What are Track Busses
- Track Busses are Post Fader
- Track busses feed DAW Inputs
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- Split Console Workflow, old school method
- [[4 . Engaging Different Circuits]]
- [[5 . Metering Different Circuits]]
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# Tuesday, September 30th
- SSL Board Mixing Review
- Focus: Review what we already have learned, but in the context of the board
- EQ
- What is EQ?
- What are the frequencies within a sound?'
- [[4. Timbre - Perceiving the Frequencies Within a Sound]]
- How to engage board EQ
- Compression
- What is Compression?
- [[1. - Compression - Module Intro -]]
- Parallel Compression
- Gate
- What is Gate?
- How to practice outside of class
- Come to office hours and tutoring hours every day
- Download a channel strip plugin
# Thursday, September 25th
- Jake Viramontez session
- Use of compression
# Tuesday, September 23rd
- [[Glyn Johns Method]]
# Thursday, September 18th
- Akxel Session
- AB Drums
- Kimberly Vocals
# Tuesday, September 16th
- Record Kiara's Session
- Session Overview
- Are we going to be overdubbing, or recording everything all at once?
- Instruments
- Piano
- [[Piano Microphone Techniques]]
- Do we want an intimate sound?
- Is there a particular register we are trying to emphasize?
- Do we want the sound of the room?
- Drums
- Do we want a deader, dry sound?
- Use the drum room
- Do we want a wetter live sound?
- Use the main tracking room and use room mics
- Do we want a setup that uses fewer microphones or more microphones?
- Guitar
- Is it acoustic or electric?
- Do we need to do the Radial SGI method?
- Mixing
- [[1. - Compression - Module Intro -]]
- Is there a specific compressor we would like to use?
- Let's try them all!
- Is there a specific EQ we would like to use?
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# Thursday, September 11th
- Mix Big Band
# Tuesday, September 9th
- Mix Jake's Session
# Thursday, September 4th
- Record Jake's Session
# Tuesday, September 2nd
- Stereo Mic'ing Techniques for SDSU Music Student
# Thursday, August 28th
- [[4 . Engaging Different Circuits]]
- [[5 . Metering Different Circuits]]
- [[3 . The Central Routing Panel]]
- [[11 . Single Engineer Session Workflow]]
- [[03 . Foldback and Talkback Patching]]
- [[06 . Exercising Channels]]
- Mic Shootout
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- Classic Microphones
- [[5. A Microphone's General Operational Principle]]
- Dynamic
- SM7B *
- RE-20 *
- [[Beta 52]]
- Often used for kick drum mic'ing due to its frequency response in emphasizing 3K
- Audix D2, D4, D6
- Ribbon
- Fathead *
- Gomez *
- Royer 121
- Is there a noticeable difference to Royer 122?
- Coles 4038
- Royer SF-24 *
- Condenser
- AKG 414 *
- TLM 103 *
- Copperhead CU 29 *
- Telefunken AK 47 *
- CX12 *
- 47JR
- U87 *
- Polar Pattern: [[14. Directionality]]
- Form Factors
- Large Diaphragam Condensers
- Small Diaphgrahm Condensers
- Lavalier
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- Patching Outboard Gear
- [[1 . Studio A Outboard Gear]]
- Read subsequent articles
- Layer stuff
# Tuesday, August 26th
- Welcome!
- Syllabus
- [[Levels - Mic, Line, and Speaker]]
- [[01 . Four Steps of Recording]]
- The diagram
- Review all signal flow for session setup sheet
- Activity:
- Put items in correct order:
- Break
- Come into Studio
- Design Mic Shootout
- 3 types of microphones