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The Open University

Recording music and sound

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Overview

This free course, Recording music and sound, provides an historical introduction to music and sound recording in the creative industries and offers some guidance about making your own recordings. Many of the processes that have been developed and the issues that have been raised in the first 150 years of recording are still relevant today, and a solid grounding in them will help you understand the wide range of recording techniques currently in use.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Recording production
  • 1 Recording production
  • 1.1 Recording roles
  • 2 Early revolutions in sound recording
  • 2 Early revolutions in sound recording
  • 2.1 The pre-recording era
  • 2.2 Edison
  • 2.3 Bell and Tainter
  • 2.4 Berliner
  • 2.5 Popularising recordings
  • 2.6 Good times and bad
  • 3 Magnetic recording
  • 3 Magnetic recording
  • 3.1 Magnetic tape recorders
  • 3.2 Tape at home
  • 3.3 Multi-track tape recording
  • 3.4 Editing
  • 4 Practical recording
  • 4 Practical recording
  • 4.1 Microphone distortion
  • 5 Recording log
  • 5 Recording log
  • 5.1 General notes
  • 5.2 Notes on each take
  • 5.3 Field recording notes
  • 6 Microphone placement
  • 6 Microphone placement
  • 6.1 Minimising noise
  • 6.2 Mains Hum
  • 7 End-of-course quiz
  • 7 End-of-course quiz
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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