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Sound Design Laboratory

Code 12558
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Cinema
Entry requirements Not applicable.
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Work placements None
Learning outcomes It is intended to equip the students with theoretical and technical knowledge that allows to carry out the integral production (conception to the concretization) of a sonorous object. From the sound capture, through the auditory analysis, to the sound design and ending in the mixing and mastering, it is the objective of the curricular unit that students develop notions and skills that allow them to manipulate and properly analyze a sound object.
Syllabus 1. Sound and principles of acoustics
1.1 Acoustics: fields of application
1.2 Amplitude
1.3 Frequency
1.4 Timbre

2. Psychoacoustics

3. Microphones
3.1 Types of microphones
3.2 Polar patterns
3.3 Sensitivity
3.4 Frequency response
3.5 Impedance
3.6 Microphone selection

4. Recording
4.1 Mixing console
4.2 Digital recording systems
4.3 Connections, cables and operating principles
4.4 Capture techniques

5. Digital Audio Workstations
5.1 Audio Software
5.2 Open session and interface
5.3 Import audio and data
5.4 Editing Tools
5.5 Signal Routing
5.6 Exporting

6. Effects
6.1 Analysis and application of dynamic, temporal, spatial and digital effects
6.2 Processing
6.3 Modulation
6.4 Specialization of sound (stereo and binaural)

7. Foley

8. Automatic Dialogue Replacement

9. Mix

10. Mastering
Main Bibliography Chion, Michel (2009). Film, a Sound Art. New York: CUP.
Chion, Michel (2011). A audiovisão: Som e Imagem no Cinema. Lisboa: Texto & Grafia.
Cook, Nicholas (1998). Analysing Musical Multimedia. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Fonseca, Nuno (2007). Introdução à Engenharia de Som. Lisboa: Lidel/FCA.
Gibson, Bill (2002). Equalizers, Reverbs & Delays. Vallejo: Pro Audio Press.
Henrique, Luís (2007). Acústica Musical. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Huber, David M. (2005). Modern Recording Techniques. New York: Focal Press.
Marques, Miguel (2014). Sistemas e Técnicas de Produção Áudio. Lisboa: Lidel/FCA.
Sonnenschein, David (2001). Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema. Studio City: MWP.
Yewdall, David (2007). The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound. New York: Focal
Press.

Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-01-24

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