City & Guilds Sound Engineering Part 3 Syllabus
Recording Techniques
Music
Classical
Equipment
Recording
Communication
Microphone placement and techniques
Location recording
Concert
Session
Stereo recording
Multitrack recording
Editing
Popular
Band
Microphone placement for common instruments, including:
Drums
Acoustic and electric guitar and bass guitar
Piano and other acoustic keyboards
Brass section
Vocals
Studio recording
Foldback
Basic tracks and guide vocal
Overdubs
Punch-ins
Vocals
Live recording
Recording
Interfacing with the PA system
Post production
Electronic
Equipment
Synthesizer/sound module
Sampler
Sequencer
DJ decks and mixer
Techniques
Sampling
Recording synthesizers
Recording vocals as samples
Other styles
Jazz
Bands - military band, brass band etc.
Folk and ethnic music
Choral
Mixing multitrack recordings of music
Speech
Voiceover
Talking books
Poetry
Drama
Sound Effects
Radio/drama
Film and video
Sound effects in music
Cataloguing sound effects
Equipment
Typical recording studio configurations
Mixing console
Advanced mixing console features
Advanced mixing console operation
Metering
Automated mixing
Multitrack
Advanced multitrack recorder features
Autolocators
Multitrack tape
Analogue
Digital
Disk recording systems
Stereo
Analogue
Digital
Disk
Dynamics and Effects
Compression
Controls
Stereo linking
Use of compression in reducing dynamic range
The compressor as an effects unit
Interfacing with the mixing console
Gating
Controls
Stereo linking
Use of gating to reduce noise
The noise gate as an effects unit
Gating and compression
Interfacing with the mixing console
Delay and reverberation
Tape delay
Digital delay
Reverberation
Natural echo chamber
Spring/plate reverb units
Digital reverb
Reverb unit parameters
Interfacing with the mixing console
Phasing/ flanging/chorusing
Tape phasing
Digital phasing effects
Exciter
Pitch changer
Noise reduction in analogue recorders
Mastering
The mastering studio
The mastering process
Mastering for:
CD
Vinyl
Cassette
Multimedia
Other formats and applications
MIDI and recording
The sampler as a device for ‘spinning in’
The sampler as a corrective device
Synchronizing a sequencer to a multitrack recorder
Synchronization
Modular digital multitrack recorders
MIDI to multitrack
Multitrack to video
Multitrack to multitrack
Music Technology
Computers in Music Technology
Computers in current professional use
Computer architecture
Von Neumann model
Alternative architectures
Input devices
Input devices in common use
Specialized input devices for music and audio
Interfaces for input devices
CPU
Processors in common use
Processor architecture
Basic processor operations
Storage
RAM
ROM
Disk
Magnetic
Optical
Bus systems in common use
Internal
External
Networks
Output devices
Output devices in common use
Specialized output devices for music and audio
Interfaces for output devices
Introduction to programming
Machine code and assembly language
Disk operating systems
High level languages
Platform-independent languages
Synthesizers
Generalized synthesizer operation
Oscillators
Filters
Envelopes and amplifiers
Low frequency oscillators
Keyboard parameters
Effects
Multi-timbral operation
Keyboard and velocity zones
Multiple MIDI channels
Storage
Analogue synthesis
Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
Voltage controlled oscillator
Voltage controlled filter
Voltage controlled amplifier
Envelope generator
Low frequency oscillator
Ring modulator
Practical implications of voltage control and the use of early analogue synthesizers
Analogue synthesizers in current use, including digital synthesizers that simulate analogue sounds and methods of operation
Sound design with analogue synthesizers
FM synthesis
Operators
Algorithms
Sound design with FM synthesizers
Physical modelling
Theory of physical modelling
Driver
Resonator
Modifier
Current developments in physical modelling synthesis
Control of physical modelling synthesizers
Sound design with physical modelling synthesizers
Other types of synthesis in current use
Wavetable
‘Sample + synth’
Current developments
Sampling
Samplers in current professional use
Features
Voices
Memory
Outputs
Storage
Sampler hierarchy (note terminology differs between manufacturers)
Sample
Key group
Key group zone
Program
Multiple programs
Sampling
Recording
Original pitch
Editing
Looping
Sampling in stereo
Creation of key groups and programs
Sample assignment
Note span
Tuning
Loop type
Keyboard track/constant pitch
Velocity zones
Filter
Envelope
Low frequency oscillator
Keyboard parameters
Mute groups
Using multiple programs
Assigning MIDI channels
Priority
Other parameters
Advanced features
Time stretch
Resampling
Effects
MIDI
MIDI systems
Controllers
Sound generators
MIDI messages
Channel voice messages
Channel mode messages
System messages
System common
System exclusive
System real time
Running status
General MIDI and Extended General MIDI
Other systems with a purpose similar to MIDI in current professional use
Sequencers
MIDI sequencer systems
MIDI interfaces
Advanced features
Editing of song structure
Tempo and meter maps
Groove quantization
Synchronization to a multitrack recorder
Production of printed scores and parts
OMS and similar systems in current use
Communication between MIDI applications
Standard MIDI files
MIDI + audio sequencers
Synchronization
FSK
MIDI clock and Song Position Pointers
MTC
SMPTE/EBU timecode
Applications of Music Technology
Recording
Performance
Related fields
Lighting
Show control
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