1. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Studio Equipment and Layout

2. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Agenda Necessity for a Recording Studio Facility Studio Layout Typical Equipment Recording Vocals Acoustic Considerations

3. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Motivation for Studio Recording Need to record audio in-house Voice over Short pieces for movie shorts Sound clips for multimedia Produce original material and own copyright

4. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Typical Studio Layout Live RoomControl Room DAW Mixing Desk Monitors Performance Area e.g. instruments and digital devices e.g synthesizers

5. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Typical Studio Equipment Computers and DAW Audio Interface (if required) Mixing Desk Microphones and related accessories Monitor Speakers of a particular Type Acoustic Considerations - absorption and dispersion material Instruments e.g. keyboard / piano

6. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Audio Mixer with 8 mono and 4 stereo channels

7. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Rear panel showing outputs and connectivity USB Interface Audio output to Monitors and Control Room

8. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Channel Strip

9. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Mixer Channel Strip - Inputs and Various Controls XLR e.g Microphone Line e.g Guitar Auxiliary e.g Hardware Effects Unit Inputs Sensitivity (Gain) Adjustment Equalization i.e. Bass Midrange Treble Effects Available on Mixer Channel Groups, Mute and Solo switches

10. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Vocal Recording Live RoomControl Room DAW Mixing Desk Monitors Vocal Booth

11. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Acoustic Considerations The acoustic characteristics of a room can be detrimental to recording quality. Acoustic panels are used to absorb standing waves and other echoes. Standing waves are created between two parallel facing walls. There will be a set of frequencies that are reinforced by the distance between the walls causing pressure fronts to accumulate. Absorption material has a dispersive affect on the sound wave - the materials surface would be angular - as show in picture at the top right. Surface reflections

12. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Further Reading Various sections in Middleton deal with aspects of studio equipment and related topics