Studio Sound Engineering Course Max Hunter IC Radio (

The course 5 sessions booked over the next month Engineer in small groups of mixed ability IC Radio Production Team will guide and supervise Once you’ve done a supervised session, you can use the studio at your will 17 th March deadline – before it all disappears.

The studio IC Radio Production Studio, West Basement Shared between STOIC TV, PhotoSoc, IC Radio to Control room with 16-channel ProTools 6 rig and various microphones Can link to IC Radio broadcast desk for live shows

What is recording? TrackingEditingMixingMastering

Tracking (1/2) Recording things (with microphone[s]) Tracking all at once vs. one instrument at a time Signal levels ▫Microphone/instrument level ▫Line-level ▫Speaker-level

XLR¼” TRS/TRRS Jack ‘guitar lead’ GPO Type A GPO Type B Do not confuse with Type A! Only used on patchbays RCA ‘phono’ Speakon

Unbalanced (2-wire) Noisy, particularly for low-level signals Liable to 50/60Hz ‘hum’ Balanced (3-wire) Long cable distances with almost no noise

Gain (so nothing ‘clips’) EQ Aux sends and talkback Pan Mix sends and level

compressor (patchable in) AVIOM monitoring system (patchable in) patchbays

MicrophonesDesk preampsProTools inputsProTools outputsChannel stripMix bussesRecording/monitoring normalled on patchbay inside mixer you patch it yourself!

AVIOM system and effects (just one compressor left)! mix bus outputs ProTools outputs -> channel strips Desk preamps -> ProTools inputs Microphone inputs -> desk preamps By default, no sound comes to the channel strips – need to patch ProTools one-to-one in software after booting computer! By default, no sound comes out monitor speakers – need to patch a group output to the monitor input (in reality we go through 2TR)

Tracking (2/2) Different types of microphones, DI Microphone placement Recording media (tapes, minidisk, DAWs)

Editing Cleaning up / retiming / retuning audio Comping vocals Overdubs / retracking On-the-go vs editing post-session

Mixing Making it all sound good EQ Compression Reverb/delays Inserts and sends Hardware and software effects Bouncing

Mastering Making album / several tracks sound consistent, volume adjustment/limiting Different masters for different types of listening ‘Loudness war’