ZD_35 Theory of Sound Recording

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Mazánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The students are introduced to the history of sound recording, with individual elements of recording and reproducing chains in different periods and with the present ways of recording and reproducing sound. The expected progressive methods of close future are also mentioned.
Syllabus
  • A) History of the sound recording
  • Thomas Alva Edison – phonograph
  • Emil Berliner - gramophone
  • 1. Gramophone disc: development of the gramophone disc up to the present, production technology.
  • 2. Magnetic recording: methods and history of development of magnetic recording, magnetic wires, tapes.
  • 3. Digital recording: compact disc - beginning and development, other recording media – MiniDisc, DAT, new technologies – SACD, DVD-Audio etc. Differences in quality of recording on individual media, technology and principles of multichannel recording, audio norms and compression formats (Dolby Stereo, Dolby ProLogic, Dolby Digital, DTS, THX, MP3, Flac, MPC etc.).
  • 4. Film tape sound recording and film sound norms.
  • B) Music studio
  • 1. Analogue recording technologies: microphones, mixing desk, multitrack professional, magnetophones, other external devices (audioprecessors), monitoring loudspeakers.
  • 2. Digital recording technologies and MIDI: digital mixing desk, MIDI, MIDIdrivers, samplers and tone generators, sequencers.
  • 3. Building a home recording studio: three case studies of building a home recording studio - sound card, software.
  • C) Importance of project studies for the development of music culture.
Literature
  • ŠPELDA, Antonín. Hudební akustika : pro posluchače filosofických a pedagogických fakult a Akademií múzických umění. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 351 s. info
Teaching methods
Seminars, lectures.
Assessment methods
Students are required to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the subject matter.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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