https://tobyrush.com/theorywiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Dgbarols 2026-04-17T11:18:09Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.42.3 https://tobyrush.com/theorywiki/index.php?title=Talk:Recording_Methods&diff=1325 2020-08-06T20:51:13Z

<p>Dgbarols: annotations to readings</p> <hr /> <div>The Sterne resources are really cool! It seems like some of that would also fit well in [[The Music Business]] and some of the studio-related stuff in Theory IV. [[User:TobyRush|TobyRush]] ([[User talk:TobyRush|talk]]) 18:58, 6 August 2020 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Sterne's work extends to a number of different topics. His research gets us to think about music in space (which relates, of course, to questions of acoustics), musical transmission (how mp3's have been designed in a way to anticipate how we hear and, moreover, had shaped our listening practices) while also problematizing notions around fidelity to any original source, a mythical idea that pervades musicology and music theory. Most important, Sterne pushes to think about how music technology has and always mediates our experience with music and sound and allows us to think about how technology and different kinds of notations operate in different ways. Finally, given that we have a tendency to think about recordings AS performances (w/o mediation), Sterne reminds us that, in short, they aren't! They're different beasts and need to be treated as such.</div>

Dgbarols https://tobyrush.com/theorywiki/index.php?title=Recording_Methods&diff=817 2020-08-06T17:24:06Z

<p>Dgbarols: Added a few readings/topics regarding to recording manipulation and representation.</p> <hr /> <div>{{FSM}}<br /> <br /> ==Objectives==<br /> <br /> *Students will be familiar with the fundamental aspects of various types of recording media, including wax/vinyl, magnetic tape, optical, and digital media.<br /> *Students will understand strengths and limitations of various recording methods/media.<br /> *Student will be familiar with the general features of microphones &amp; speakers and how they transduce sound.<br /> *Student will understand the difference between analog and digital methods of recording (including &quot;sampling rate&quot;)<br /> *Student will be familiar with various methods and techniques of digital audio compression and file types.<br /> *Student will be able to critically assess recordings as a type of musical trace or sound representation.<br /> *Student learn various ways that recordings, and thus all elements of sound, can be edited or manipulated.<br /> <br /> ==Resources==<br /> <br /> ===='''Readings'''====<br /> <br /> *Elsea, ''UCSC Electronic Studios'':<br /> **[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-20/teces_20.html Microphones]<br /> **[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-19/teces_19.html Analog Recording]<br /> **[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-16/teces_16.html Digital Recording]<br /> *''Music Technology Musician'':<br /> **[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/lesson-7-microphones.html Lesson 7 - Microphones]<br /> **[http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/lesson-5-digital-sampling.html Lesson 5 - Digital Audio/Sampling]<br /> **Lesson 8 Subsection on Sound Systems (page [http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/distortion.html 1], [http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/types-of-pa-speakers.html 2], [http://musictechmusician.weebly.com/getting-wired-up.html 3])<br /> *[https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/electricmotors.html#loudspeakers Wolfe, ''Physclips'': How Loudspeakers work.]<br /> *[http://computationalculture.net/reflections-on-the-mp3-format/ “Reflections on the MP3 Format: Interview with Jonathan Sterne,”] Geert Lovink, ''Computational Culture #4'' (November 2014)<br /> **More essays by Jonathan Sterne on compression and fidelity can found [https://sterneworks.org/text/ here]<br /> <br /> ===='''Listening and Videos'''====<br /> <br /> *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE6Qn4ZiEyo ''Soundfly'': &quot;Guide to Microphones&quot;]<br /> *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_crXXbuEKE ''Into the Ordinary'': &quot;How do microphones work? Dynamic Microphones &amp; Speakers&quot;]<br /> <br /> ==Class Activities==<br /> <br /> *Discussion and definition recording methods throughout history. Bring in physical objects when possible.<br /> *Experimentation with recording sounds using different media and with different types of compression, and comparison of results.<br /> *Sampling demonstration: Demonstrate sampling of a continuous variable and errors in reconstruction due to sampling rate. A child's growth curve or day-to-day temperature measurements are good examples.<br /> *Microphone recording demonstrations based on polar patterns and placement.<br /> *Gear ID: Identify type of media, microphone, or speaker.<br /> <br /> ==Assignments==<br /> <br /> *Compression of an audio file using various methods.<br /> *Create an online shopping list: Create a recording scenario for students to shop for appropriate recording gear. Employ Sweetwater sound buying guides for [https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/live-sound-microphone-buying-guide/ microphones] and [https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/pa-speaker-buying-guide/ PA speakers].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{ElectronicMusicNavbox}}<br /> {{FundamentalsSoundMusicNavbox}}<br /> {{Theory1Navbox}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Fundamentals of Sound &amp; Music]]<br /> [[Category:Theory 1]]<br /> [[Category:Electronic Music]]</div>

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