Discovering Home Studio Production

What you need to know about this course

This course gives students an understanding of home studio recording. The course equips you with the necessary theory and understanding as to what, why and how to carry out and professionally setup recording equipment and material. The training is designed to make students aware of the proper recording workflow. The course teaches general concepts that can be applied to any equipment and to any scopes of a project.

Who is it for

All creatives with a passion of audio production and who would like to get a basic introduction to home recording.

What is sound

Compression and rarefaction
Wavelengths and frequency
Waveform characteristics
Speed of sound
Decibel (measurement and loudness)
Dynamic range
Basic conversion of analogue signal to digital
Wave form representation in digital domain
Digital format – sample rate and bit depth

Microphones

Dynamic
Condenser
Other

Recording Chain

Room acoustic properties
Studio accessories (cables, connectors, DI’s, mic clips/shock mounts, mic stands, pop filters)
Sound source (vocal, amp, drums, guitar, etc…)
Choice of appropriate microphone for the task
DAW (Pro Tools, Logic, etc…)
Interface
Monitoring (speaker monitor controller and speakers)

Process of Recording

Micing techniques
Recording levels
Instrument specific micing (vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, percussion
Using multiple mics on single source (phase interaction)
Basic editing
Virtual instruments (midi recording and editing)

Process of Mixing

Equalizers (types, filters)
Dynamics (compressors, gates, limiters)
FXs (time based)
Track routing (internal buss routing)
Mixing techniques
Mix bounce

Software Package

Apple Logic

Qualification

SAE Discovering Home Studio Production Certificate

Entry Requirements

There are no academic requirements to participate in this programme. The student needs to be a minimum of 17 years of age upon commencement of the course.