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

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production

Studio Equipment and Layout

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Agenda

Necessity for a Recording Studio Facility Studio Layout Typical Equipment Recording Vocals Acoustic Considerations

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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

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Typical Studio Layout

Live Room Control Room

DAW

Mixing Desk

Monitors

Performance Area

e.g. instruments

and digital devices

e.g synthesizers

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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

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Audio Mixer with 8 mono and 4 stereo channels

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Rear panel showing outputs and connectivity

USB Interface

Audio output to Monitors and Control

Room

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Channel Strip

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Mixer Channel Strip - Inputs and Various Controls

XLR e.g Microphone

Line e.g GuitarAuxiliary 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

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Vocal Recording

Live Room Control Room

DAW

Mixing Desk

Monitors

Vocal Booth

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Acoustic ConsiderationsThe 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

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Further Reading

Further Reading

Various sections in Middleton deal with aspects of studio equipment and related topics