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Sound Design

the basics

technical basics

  1. what is sound?
  2. digitization of sound
  3. reading waveforms, frequency domain representations
  4. headphones
  5. ear safety
  6. recording with a hand-held recorder
  7. microphones
  8. speakers, acoustics
  9. audacity
  10. coiling cables
  11. amplitude
  12. envelopes
  13. file formats, lossy versus lossless
  14. mixing boards
  15. physical (meatspace) filters
  16. processing sound
  17. music
  18. recording voice when you don't have a professional vocal booth (DIY isolation, etc.)
  19. Ardour
  20. EQ
  21. compression/limiting
  22. mixing
  23. mastering

synthesis

  1. synthesis basics

aesthetic issues

  1. dynamics
  2. mickey mousing

purpose-specific information

  1. legal issues
  2. UX sound design
  3. sound for games
  4. sound for video

after the basics

making weird noises

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