1. Audio Engineering – Recording Lesson 1 Music Production

2. Audio Engineering  Recording  Mixing  Mastering

3. Lesson Schedule  Week 14 th -17 th Mon- Recording Lesson 1 Tue- Recording Lesson 1 Wed- Recording Lesson 2 Thu- Recording Lesson 2  Week 21 st -24 th Mon- Mixing Lesson 1 Tue- Mixing Lesson 1 Wed- Mixing Lesson 2 Thu- Mixing Lesson 2

4. Recording

5. Rhythm Instrument Bass Chord Instrument Melody/Lead Vocals

6. Drums Bass Side Guitar Keyboard, Lead Guitar Vocals

7. Piano Acoustic guitar Acoustic lead guitar Acoustic melody instruments

8. Audio Interface Instruments/Mic Audio Interface Computer Audio SignalsDigital Info

9.  Using Microphones  Line Recording  Programming (MIDI)

10. Using Microphones Instrument/vocals Microphone Audio Interface Computer

11. Line Recording Instrument/Vocals Cable Audio Interface Computer

12. Programing (MIDI) Computer

13. Which is the best method?

14. Microphone Recording  Merits:  Clear sound  Demonstrates “Live” sound  Demerits  Captures a lot of noise  Mistakes are obvious  Difficult to approach your ideal sound  Fragile

15. Line Recording  Merits:  No noise  Easy  Demerits:  Dull and artificial sounds

16. Programming (MIDI)  Merits  No preparation of any equipment  Professional Sounds  Fast  Able to fix  Demerits 

17. Suitable Recording Method(s) for Each Instrument  Drums – Microphone Rec, Programming  Bass – Line Rec, Programming  Acoustic guitar – Microphone Rec, (Line Rec)  Electric guitar – Microphone Rec, Line Rec

18.  Piano and other acoustic instruments – Microphone Rec, Programming  Keyboard – Line Rec, Programming  Vocals – Microphone Rec