promote international cooperation within different specific fields of acoustics, provide assistance in organizing EAA events, suggest special issues for Acta Acustica or Acoustics in Practice, initiate studies and prepare documents such as strategies, policy statements, state-of-the-art assessments, reports, etc, within its defined technical field.

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Audio engineering - fundamental and systems

AGH University of Science and Technology

Docent
  • Piotr Kleczkowski
  • Jacek Wierzbicki
  • Paweł Małecki
  • Marek Pluta
  • Dorota Czopek
Type
Lecture
Term
winter semester
Subject type
Compulsory
Study path
Acoustic Engineering - BSc Course - Semester V
Specialisation/branch
Keywords
1. Subjective audio quality and objective audio parameters. Basic parameters in audio engineering. “Audiophile” myths. 2. Basic concepts in signal and system theory. 3. The definition of the decibel, its applications and reference levels. 4. Signal to noise ratio. Connections of audio devices, The electroacoustic chain. The system gain structure. 5. Analog mixing consoles. 6. Microphones. 7. Signal processing: filters, equalizers and dynamic range processors. 8. Signal processing: time-based effects 9. Monitoring of the signal level. 10. Digital audio workstation. 11. Basics of sound perception. 12. Stereophony: microphone techniques and monitoring. 13. Spatial Sound Systems. 14. Features of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). Messages and data in # # MIDI protocol.
Total ECTS credit
10.0
Examination
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May 2, 2022, 10:15 p.m.

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