Objectives:

This is an advanced audio production course designed to familiarize students with the theory and practice of digital audio recording and the careers associated with the audio industry. Students will explore this quickly evolving technology as it applies to a variety of media-based environments including radio, TV/film, music recording, and the Internet. Hands-on experience will provide added exposure through production exercises and remixing projects.           
 [Required Prerequisite: CMM232 Basic Audio Production]

Required Readings:
AM     Audio in Media (8th Edition) by Stanley R. Alten, ©2005 (or 8th Edition)
UA     Using Audition (DV Expert Series) by Ron Dabbs, ©2004 (recommended)

Course Policies:

• It isexpected that all students enrolled in this class support the letter and the spirit of the Academic Honesty Policy as stated in the college catalog.
• NOTE: There is a mandatory lab fee of $25 for media materials for this course.
• Attendance is required. 
• More than 2 absences will result in a 5% grade drop for EACH additional absence.
• Tardiness is unprofessional. Students who are more than 10 minutes late will be marked as absent.
• A grade of B or better in this course is required for any audio/radio-related internships.
• In addition to the classroom-based lectures on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, students are required to complete audio production projects. Project completion requires the use and familiarity of digital audio workstations and Cool Edit Pro. Access to this equipment will be made available in the Audio Laboratories at Yokum. Due to limited availability students must sign up for lab hours. It is the student's responsibility to coordinate their use of the audio lab in order to deliver their projects on time.  
• Lab-based projects are due when scheduled. Late assignments will result in a 25% deduction per day for the assignment. Makeups and absences will only be allowed under extenuating circumstances and require that you notify the Dean of Students Office in writing.
• Students disrupting class with the use of laptops (or other devices/means) may be ejected from class at the instructor’s discretion and will be marked as absent for that day.
• Required readings provide the necessary background for project completion. Chapter comprehension will be monitored through class participation, chapter quizzes, and unit quizzes (makeups will not be allowed).
• Note: Some projects & quizzes may entail team-based participation & grading. Only students actively involved in team-based activities earn the right to receive a grade.

FCC Production Standards:

As defined by FCC standards, the use of obscenity, indecency, and racial slurs are prohibited. Production work cannot use language or material that depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast media, sexual or excretory activities or organs. The work cannot depict or describe in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law. The work cannot include the use of obscene or indecent language, or material that is insensitive or defamatory with reference to race, creed, or color.

Copyright Provisions:

Unless specified in class, production projects require the use of copyright-free material utilizing either elements you have personally created or items that have been cleared for use. Among these elements are the sound effects/music libraries available in the Audio Lab.

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Exercise 5 - Mediated Sound Analysis
(Analyze each of the following and document your findings using the sheets you were given in class)

01Airguard
02Army
03Dummy
04Redcross