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MUSC 257 Theory of Digital Recording Units: 3.00
Fundamental theoretical principles of digital recording. Students will gain an understanding of the rudiments of the math behind the representation of sound in a digital format, how computers handle audio including concepts such as bits, bit depths, sampling rates, quantization, MP3 and other compression codecs, dither, resolution, and analog to digital/digital to analog converters.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Online Activity, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite MUSC 156/3.0 and 3.0 units from (MUSC 128/3.0; MUSC 157/3.0; MUSC 158/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the differences between analog and digital recording processes and formats, including detailed knowledge of bit depth, sampling rate, quantization, dither, resolution, and the function of analog to digital / digital to analog converters.
- Explain the differences between MP3 and other compression codecs and MIDI and virtual instruments, and edit and render audio edit output from a computer as a new sound file.
- Perform basic coding for direct digital sound synthesis, as an element of sound design and a means of understanding what’s going on “under the hood” of the computer.
- Program MIDI devices to control software and hardware in a live context (i.e. triggering sounds).