Course Title: Create a final sound balance
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5168
Course Title: Create a final sound balance
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 76.0
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
EMPL9695C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2007 |
Course Contact: John Phillips
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4268
Course Contact Email: john.phillips@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This involves the following key elements.
• A historical view of recording
• The concept of vision and its application to audio
• Synchronisation
• Location Recording
• Digital editing of multi-track recordings
• Post Production
• Surround Sound
• Mixing for various mediums
• Mastering
This course looks at creating a final sound balance, the mix-down.
It also focusses on mxing down for surround, for cinema and DVD, as well as other surround sound mediums.
Delivery is a combination of lectures, audio workstation lab excercises, and studio mixing projects.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
none
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CUSSOU15A Create a final sound balance |
Elements: |
Assess sound sources for simultaneous balance |
Complete documentation and other requirements |
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Create final sound balance |
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Identify creative and artistic possibilities |
Learning Outcomes
not applicable
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is primarily undertaken through the following:
1- Class based practical exercises/assessments
2- Project work undertaken both in the studio and edit suites for submission
3- Written examination
4- Evaluation of practical portfolio & written submissions
Students will aquaint themselves with the skills necessary to undertake music and sound for film mixdowns, in stereo and surround.