Introduction to Audio and Sound Design
Course Description
Summary
In this introductory course, we will read, examine, discuss, and design in conversation with a selected literature of recorded audio, sound design practice, and history. This course will provide the foundational technical, historical, and contextual/cultural support to your knowledge of working in music and sound design in music, theater, film, installation, culture, and in the contemporary world.
The ability to effectively produce, record, mix, and work in both a physical recording studio and inside a DAW (digital audio workstation) with both analog and digital are a basic skill set that all professional sound engineers and sound artists possess. Practice in the studio provides a foundation for understanding and expanding your artistic choices and knowledge.
This course is intended for intermediate to advanced musicians, composers, sound designers, sound engineers, filmmakers, theater designers, and visual artists who want to make sound/music/noise a central part of their creative and intellectual practice. Some of the topics include signal processing, live recording, and mixing in both stereo and immersive formats.
Learning Outcomes
- Skillfully communicate audio design concepts and production choices verbally and through self-produced audio in a variety of projects (music, theater, film, geo-tagged, mixing, etc.)
- Build confidence to effectively produce your audio work.
- Show ability to work responsibly, safely and collaboratively within the challenges of projects while contributing a vibrant, creative voice.
- Advance development in production strategies, technical vocabularies, and leadership skills.
Prerequisites
Please send a paragraph to Virginia Kelsey (virginiakelsey@bennington.edu) by May 12, stating interest and need. The criteria is need and NOT having previously taken an Intro to Audio course.
Please contact the faculty member : cristianamigo@bennington.edu