DISC231-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Sound Capture

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Students learn about current practices and methods of audio recording in today’s post production industry. Advanced techniques in audio recording in a range of situations are covered, including location recording and production sound mixing, ambient and environmental sound capture, and foley and sound effects recording. Students will gain comprehensive microphone techniques and common approaches stereo and multichannel recording, as well as advanced concepts in 3D and multichannel sound capture.

Learning Outcomes

· Have acquired detailed knowledge of microphone theory and operation.
· Be able to evaluate different sound environments and choose an appropriate approach.
· Understand the sonic expectations of a range of genres.
· Demonstrate knowledge of current industry trends in surround and 3D recording.

Prerequisites

MUSA125

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Otakaro 132
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 121
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Hamish Oliver

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

A handbook to field recording in New Zealand ; , 1958.

Murphym John J; Production Sound Mixing: The Art and Craft of Sound Recording for the Moving Image ; London: Bloomsbury.

Sterne, Jonathan; The Sound Studies Reader ; New York: Routledge, 2012.

Viers, Ric; The Location Sound Bible: How to Record Professional Dialogue for Film and TV ; Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2013.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,122.00

International fee $6,238.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Creative and Digital Arts .

All DISC231 Occurrences

  • DISC231-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025