Lectures
The concept of study of various formats and purposes, acoustics of the studio, introduction to the main
elements and devices in the studio, sound generators (natural and synthetic), theoretical and practical
training in all phases of the sound recording (burning in mono, stereo and surround technique),
overdubbing, direct burning, sound synthesis, sound characteristics (frequency spectrum of the sound,
resonance, etc.).
Practical classes
Students are introduced to microphones (design, characteristics, microphone preamps),
stereo and surround recording techniques, placement of microphones as well as their selection,
presentation of analogue as well as digital systems, their comparison in different qualities of recorded
materials. Special attention is paid to volume levelling, pitch and volume, noise reduction.