Class Sound Design

The UC of Sonoplasty introduces students to the context and the sound aspects in the scope of audiovisual communication aiming at the development of technical and aesthetic competences and, above all, of sound culture. This UC intends that the students contact with the sound through a theoretical and practical organization, critical analysis of contents in order to develop their personal static and communication skills and interconnection of phases and elements inherent to the production of audio visual artifacts in the form of short films, installations and small sound applications.

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Historical evolution of sound design. Sound narrative in the audiovisual context. Sound vs Noise Acoustic / Non-acoustic sounds Sound Composition: realistic vs creative Foley Fundamental elements of the sound studio: signal traffic diagrams, chains, constituent elements and gain structures Microphone characterization according to directionality and technology standards associated: Omnidirectional microphones, cardioids and, figure 8. Microphones dynamic, capacitor, tape, PZM. Pickup techniques: Stereo, punctual, surround Fundamental sound mixing and editing practices Characterization and operationalization of a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Destructive editing and non-destructive editing Processing: Equalization: graphic and parametric equalizers, Dynamic: compression; gate and expanders, Effects: delay; reverb; pitch; convolution, modulation OMF as a cross-platform transfer format Fundamental studio operations: recording; mixing and mastering.

PBL, multidisciplinary projects

Chion, Michel, 1947-. (1994). Audio-vision : sound on screen. New York :Columbia University Press, Demonstrations of auditory scene analysis: The perceptual organization of sound. Audio CD with booklet, 4A. S. Bregman e P. A. Ahad, Department of Psychology, McGill University. Schafer, R. Murray. The soundscape: our sonic environment and the tuning of the world. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books ;, 19931994. Print. Introdução à Engenharia de Som, Nuno Fonseca, FCA Acústica Musical, Luís Henriques, FCG Designing Sound, Andy FarnellStereo Microphone Techniques, Focal Press