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| Module Availability |
Autumn Semester |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Components of Assessment
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Method(s)
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Percentage weighting
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Coursework
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Completion of a worksheet based on the dB.
One essay (maximum word count 1,500 words). Submission due by noon on Friday of week 13.
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30%
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Examination
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One two-hour written paper.
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70%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
None |
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| Module Aims |
To introduce you to the theory of professional audio systems engineering. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
Upon completion of this module you should be able to:
- define the dB, including all major professional abbreviations of reference levels, e.g. dBu, dBm0
- explain the need for, and use of, balanced, unbalanced, and co-axial circuits
- describe the jackfield wiring schemes used in professional and broadcast installations
- explain the need for modulation systems
- derive, mathematically, the sideband structure of AM, DSBSC, and FM systems
- describe the Zenith-GE system of stereo coding
- list the requirements of a professional analogue tape recorder
- explain the need for each stage of equalisation in an analogue tape machine
- describe the action of HF bias
- describe the alignment procedure for the signal chains of an analogue quarter inch tape machine to IEC or NAB professional standards
- describe the principles of PCM digital audio
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| Module Content |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Two 2-hour lectures per week in the Autumn Semester/Semester 1.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Essential Reading:
Jorgensen, F, 1980: The Complete Handbook of Magnetic Recording (Blue Ridge Summit: TAB)
Connor, F.R, 1982: Modulation (London: Edward Arnold)
Watkinson, J, 2001: The Art of Digital Audio (London: Focal Press)
ITU-R, 1990: ‘Use of the decibel and the neper in telecommunications’ in Rec. 574-3 (Geneva: ITU-R) [volume XIII]
Suggested Reading:
The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (AES)
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| Last Updated |
29.09.2009 |
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