Digital technology

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Subject guarantor:

Ondřej URBAN

Name of lecturer(s):

Ondřej URBAN

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students, in this course, are acquainted with the principles of the digitalization of a sound signal, the potential for its recording and processing in DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and on studio equipment.

Mode of study:

Moderated discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of „Basic Electro-acoustics and Sound Techniques, Electro-acoustics.“

Course contents:

1) Sound signal, properties and characteristics, analog and digital representations

2) Digitalization of a sound signal, PCM, Delta-sigma and SDS transfer. Oversampling, quantization noise, dithering

3) Transference and recording of a digital signal, formats and media

4) Direct-to-disk recording, properties and use

5) Methods of on-line and off-line digital signal processing, plug-in modules RTAS, AudioSuite, AAX, AU, VST

6) Digital processing of multi-channel recording, editing and mixing, other summations of multi-channel checksums with fixed and floating decimal points, digital accumulations and headroom

7) Sound and data digital mastering, archiving data, format transfer

Recommended or required reading:

Bašta, I.: Záznam signálu ? skriptum ČVUT.

Kadlec, F.: Digitální zpracování akustických signálů ? skriptum ČVUT.

Zölzer, U a kol.: Digital Audio Effects ? sborník DAFx.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Completion of oral exam.

Course web page:

Note:

None.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Sound Design (Bc) (next compulsory subject)