Session 1: Home recording technology has advanced rapidly over the last few years, making it possible to produce music in your bedroom that’s as high quality (fidelity wise) as any professionally produced music or audio at a fraction of the cost. We’ll be discussing some of the principals of home recording which allow you to cost effectively produce high fidelity audio without having to spend big bucks in a recording studio.

We will also talk about some of the hardware available for home studios. Professional quality audio is currently produced in inexpensive home studios around the world. Professional quality sound cards are available for as little as $129 (see http://www.m-audio.com/). With an inexpensive mixer and some reference monitors you can be on the way to building a “bedroom studio” of your own.

After the discussion we will look at a series of videos that illustrate some of the sound design techniques used for the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcLg4lnB-1ZWZo-tzrS3p-8z1h3OM3_zz

Session 2: Today we will present your MIDI File Production projects. Make sure you are prepared by having your project turned in on Canvas. Also, be ready to explain your mixing techniques and describe what sort of processing you used to fine tune your piece.