Music 424, Spring 2015, Digital Audio Effects

Music 424 / EE 367DSignal Processing Techniquesfor Digital Audio Effects

Jonathan S. AbelDavid P. Berners

TA: Woody Herman

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Introduction

• Music is typically produced in four steps: tracking, mixing, mastering and encoding.

• This class is about how to build digital versions of the mainline effects used in mixing and mastering.

– Dynamic range control– Reverberation and room acoustics– Equalization and filter design– Distortion and delay effects

Audio Production Process

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Mixing and Mastering Effects

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Lecture Outline

• Handouts - Course Information - Course Overview - Prerequisite Questionnaire - Class e-mail list

• Course Information

• Course Overview and Demo

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Dynamic Range Control

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Equalization

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Delay Effects

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Distortion Processing

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Room Acoustics and Reverberation