| Module Code: TON2012 |
Module Title: AUDIO ENGINEERING 2 |
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Module Provider: Music and Sound Recording
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Short Name: TON2012
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Level: HE2
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Module Co-ordinator: FISHER DM Prof (Music Record)
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Number of credits: 15
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Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
Coursework: an essay with a word limit of 2,000 words - 30%
Exam: a 2-hour written paper under examination conditions - 70%
A mark of at least 40% in each Unit of Assessment is required to pass the module.
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| Module Overview |
| This module continues to develop your understanding and awareness of aspects of professional audio engineering. It takes a holistic approach to systems, concentrating on why and how modern audio systems are constructed to solve many diverse problems in an integrated manner. For instance, it explores how, in the CD system, the channel data code, channel modulation protocols, optical design, and mechanical servo systems have been designed in consort to solve inter-related problems. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| • HE1 Audio Engineering and Recording Techniques A & B |
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| Module Aims |
• To continue to develop your understanding of professional audio engineering systems.
• To introduce the principles of noise reduction systems.
• To advance your knowledge of digital audio principles.
• To introduce the principles of error correction systems.
• To explain the components of the CD system.
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
• Describe the principles of operation of professional and domestic noise reduction systems.
• Explain the principles of digital audio.
• Describe a range of A to D and D to A converters suitable for audio use.
• Explain the principles of parity, weighted parity, Hamming codes, and CRCs as used in digital audio systems.
• Describe the CD system, including frame format, channel coding, EFM, and subcode formats.
Transferable Skills:
• Transferrable subject knowledge
• Problem solving
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| Module Content |
The following is an indication of the likely topics to be covered:
• Noise reduction systems.
• Digital audio principles and converters.
• Error correction systems.
• CD.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
• One two-hour lecture per week.
• Coursework assignments and feedback.
• Guided reading.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Compulsory Reading:
• None.
Recommended Reading:
• Fisher, D., 1993: ‘Noise Reduction Systems’ in Ian Sinclair, ed., Audio & Hi Fi Handbook (Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann).
• Watkinson, J., 2001: The Art of Digital Audio (London: Focal Press).
Additional Reading:
• BS EN 60908:1999, 1999: Audio recording —Compact disc digital audio system (London: British Standards Institute).
• The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.
• Vries, L.B., Immink, K.A, Hoeve, H, et al., 1980: ‘The Compact Disc Digital Audio System –
Modulation and Error Correction’, in 67th AES Convention., No1674 (H-8), 1980.10
(New York: AES).
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| Last Updated |
Date Last Revised: 14/01/11
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