The Theory and Studio Practices discipline aims to promote the consolidation of knowledge and skills around studio equipment, mixing and mastering techniques in the contexts of audiovisual and musical production.

• The art and science of the mixing process: technical and artistic elements of sound;
• Critical and analytical listening;
• Musical analysis of record projects;
• Acoustic notions: structural and technical configuration of studios;
• Analysis and instrumentation;
• Calibration of sound systems in a studio context;
• Corrective equalization techniques;
• Aesthetic equalization;
• Dynamic signal processing;
• Effects processors;
• Modulation processors;
• Mastering techniques;
• Mixing and mastering of musical projects;
• Post-production techniques and mixing audiovisual projects in 5.1/ 7.1 surround;
• Dolby Atmos - binaural mixing technique por post and music production;
• Dynamic normalization;
• Sound restoration techniques;

The course is organized according to theoretical oral presentation sessions in order to consolidate theoretical-practical knowledge around mixing and mastering techniques. These sessions are supported through audiovisual projection equipment and sound reproduction systems. Theoretical-practical classes are taught in a studio context, both in the context of music mixing or in audio post-production for audiovisuals. Students have unlimited access to post-production rooms to consolidate production projects. Bibliographic materials to support the study and complementary information associated with the operation of classes are made available through the e-Learning platform Moodle. The practical sessions will mostly be taught in a recording studio context.

IZHAKI. Roey (2023), Mixing Audio: concepts, practices and tools, Burlington, MA, Focal Press-Elsevier;

KATZ, Bob (2002), Mastering Audio: the art and science, Burlington, Focal Press;

MOYLAN, William (2015), Understanding and Crafting the Mix: The Art of Recording, Burlington, Focal Press ¿ Elsevier;

OWSINSKI, Bobby (2022), The Mixing¿s Engineers Handbook (3^rd Edition), Boston, Course Technology-Cengage Learning;

SAVAGE, Steve (2014), Mixing and Mastering in the Box, Oxford University Press, Oxford;

ZAK, Albin (2001), The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records, Berkeley, California University Press;