Music Production
Music Production
Lecture & Workshop
The lecture and workshop will be held by Michele Gaggia in German and English language.
Topics (winter semester)
- Digital Audio Production Tools
- Acoustic Basics and Digital Audio Recording
- Microphones and Stereo Recording Techniques
- MIDI and Notation
- Sound Synthesis (focus on subtractive and FM)
- Effects, Mixing and Automation
- Room Acoustics and Design
- Recapitulation and written theory exam; Project presentation
- End of Semester Theory Exam Topics List, Project Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
Handouts
Digital Audio Production Tools
- DAW Overview - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
Acoustic Basics and Digital Audio Recording
- Acoustics Basics and Digital Recording - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 25.03.2020)
- Digital Audio Formats - Drivers - Plugins - Michele Gaggia (PDF downlaod, updated 29.01.2017)
- Acoustic and Vibration Animations - Dan Russel
- Musical Acoustics - Links - University of South Wales, Australia
- Digital Recording - Wikipedia
- Digital to Analog Converter - Wikipedia
Microphones and Stereo Recording Techniques
- Microphones and Recording Techniques - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
- Microphones - Wikipedia
- Stereophonic Sound - Wikipedia
- Surround Sound - Wikipedia
MIDI and Notation
- Technical Articles from www.midi.org:
- The MIDI 1.0 Specification
- MIDI Reference Tables
- Standard MIDI Files
- General MIDI
- MIDI Transport
- eXtensible Music Format
Sound Synthesis
- Sound Synthesis 01 - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2018)
- Sound Synthesis 02 - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 09.06.2018
- http://www.vintagesynth.com (Vintage Synthesizers and their History)
Effects, Mixing and Automation
- Audio Effects - Michele Gaggia ((PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
- Mixing and Mastering Tips - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
- Mixing Automation - Michele Gaggia (PDF download)
- Loudness Levels on Streaming Platforms - masteringthemix.com
Room Acoustics and Design
- Studio Design - Michele Gaggia (PDF download, updated 29.01.2017)
- StudioTips Acoustic Forum - Moderated by Eric Desart (designer of Galaxy Studios)
Acoustic Calculators
Recommended Literature
Books
- Henle, Hubert (2001) Das Tonstudio Handbuch.
GC Carstensen Verlag: München. ISBN 3910098193 Amazon - Pieper, Frank (2004) Das Effekte Praxisbuch.
GC Carstensen Verlag: München. ISBN 3910098274 Amazon - Owsinski, Bobby (1999) The Mixing Engineer's Handbook.
Artist Pro - Mix Books: Vallejo (CA). ISBN 0872887235 Amazon - Owsinski, Bobby (2000) The Mastering Engineer's Handbook.
Artist Pro - Mix Books: Vallejo (CA). ISBN 0872887413 Amazon - Gervais, Rod (2011) Home Recording Studio: Build it Like the Pros
Course Technology CENGAGE Learning, Boston (USA). ISBN 1-4354-5717-X Amazon
Magazines
- Keyboards - http://www.keyboards.de
- Production Partner - http://www.production-partner.de
- c't (Magazin für Computertechnik) - http://www.heise.de/ct
- Computer Music - http://www.computermusic.co.uk