Audio Engineering Postgrade


These are the possibles Topics for the Audio Engineering Postgrade at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

The basic idea is to create an Audio Engineering specialization or postgrade, not underdegree, which could be contained in 6 levels, from level 0 to level 5, it's about 3 semesters, because we are thinking in one and half year with 6 levels, two for each semester, this would be the posible postgrade duration.

To this postgrade can access profesionals in diverses areas such as Electronics and Electric Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ambiental Engineering, Telecommunication Specialists, Musicians, Publishers, Social Communicators, Medicine and anyone (profesional) who is interested in Audio Engineering.

This is not a Pensum yet, but all the Topics for each level was condensed in 7 general Items:

1. ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING
2. MATHEMATICS IN AUDIO ENGINEERING
3. ELECTRONICS IN AUDIO ENGINEERING
4. MUSICAL PRODUCTION
5. AUDIO COMPUTERING (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING)
6. HUMAN FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT
7. NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AUDIO ENGINEERING



1. ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING

1.1 Principles of Acoustic (Fundamentals of Sound,Musical physics-acoustics)
Terminology of acoustics, how human response to sound influences
measurement and understanding what influences the propagation of
sound in the open and within rooms, transmision of sound, types of
wave motion, nature of sound waves, speed of sound, frequency and
wavelenght, reflection, refraction and difraction, superposition of
sound, etc.

1.2 Psychoacoustics
An analisys of subjective and objective acoustic measurements
pertinent to the fields of audio, human hearing systems, ear anatomy
and functions, auditory area, etc.

1.3 Architectural Acoustics Fundamentals
Design and analysis of acoustic enclosures, factors affecting the
acoustical quality of auditoria and their dependence on architectural
design, acuostic of small rooms, common factors in all audio rooms,
acoustics of open plan rooms, recording studio design.

1.4 Electroacoustic Transducers (devices)
Electroacoustic transductrion mechanism, techniques for
microphones, loudspeakers and headphones design.

1.5 Digital Techniques in Acoustics
Digital technology in the acquisition, processing, storing and
transmission of audio and acoustic signals, computer skills for the
understanding of digital processes and algorithms, acoustic simulation.

1.6 Electroacoustic System Design
Principles of sound reproduction in professional applications. Design
and assessment techniques for sound system design and performance.
Sound system basics, design of loudsepeakers system, equalization
crossover networks and biamplification, interwring, grounding and
shielding, troubleshooting a sound system, etc.

1.7 Noise and Vibrations Measurement and Control
Noise reduction techniques, simulation techhniques for vibration
problems, transmission of sound through walls and panels,
compression, limiting, expansion, loudness contours, dolby noise
redcution, DBX noise reduction, dynamic noise reduction, etc.

1.8 Other acoustic applications
Submarine acoustics, audio psychology, music therapy, etc.
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2. MATHEMATICS IN AUDIO ENGINEERING

2.1 Reinforcements in: Diferencial equations, diferenciation, Integration,
vectors and matrices and statistics.

2.2 Moderm Physic, aplicate Physic.

2.3 Measurements, fundamentals and units of measurement.

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3. ELECTRONICS IN AUDIO ENGINEERING

3.1 Reinforcements in: Electrical and Electronic Circuits, Semiconductors
devices, linear circuits, Microprocessors.

3.2 Audio Electronics circuits and Equipment:
Principle of electronic devices, Amplifiers, attenuators, Filters and
equalizers, delay, power supplies, constant and variable speed devices,
indicator meters, consoles and systems, low speed combinational logic,
etc.

3.3 Analogue and Digital Audio Systems (acoustic engineering too)
Circuit anallisys.

3.4 Analogue and Digital Systems Design
Design and assessment techniques for sound system performance,
design of audio devices.

3.5 Digital Audio
Digital Signal Processing (DSP), adquisition, processing, storing, and
transmission of audio signals, data adquisition systems.

3.6 Audio processing in Telecommunication systems
Communication Electronics, speech technology; production,
modelling, anallisys, syntesis and recognition of speech with particular
reference to technology moderm communication devices, like Cellular
phones, PCS, wireless Comm. TV, HDTV, conventional phones, etc.

3.7 Management and Maintenance of Audio equipment:
Recorders, Reproducers (players), Consoles, mixers,processors,
compressors, gates, speakers, loudspeakers, microphones, cables,
conectors, etc.

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4. MUSICAL PRODUCTION

4.1 Fundamentals of Music
Music appreciation, music history, music periods, auditive practice,
solfa.

4.2 Music Theory
Emphassis in any instrument, composition, musical direction, musical
execution.

4.3 Recording and Playback Techniques
Disk recrding and playback, magnetic and digital recording and
playback, recording and mixing techhniques, masterization and
re-masterization techhniques.

4.4 Musical Production, Pre-production, Post-production
Several techhniques for preproduction, production and postproduction
with audio forums and conferences.

4.5 Audio Visual Techniques
Sonovisos, jingles and soud tracks, motion pictures, still pictures, rear
projection, optical and audio comparisons, Audio-Video Equipments
( Laser discs ; CD-ROM, DVD, Mini Disks, DVL, DVP, etc)

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5. AUDIO COMPUTERING (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING)

5.1 Programation Principles
An introduction to PASCAL, C, Delphi and Visual Basic
programming and the use of another software to model and solve
problems in audio.

5.2 Professional Audio Software Management
New techniques in audio recording with audio software such Cakewalk,
Sound Forge, Steinberg (Cubase), Sound Designer, Paris, Cubic, 3D
studio, etc.

5.3 Audio PC Formats
Midi and Wave, voc, vox, etc.
Compression Audio formats: ra, ram, mpeg1, mpeg2, atrac, pasc, liquid
audio, etc.

5.4 Audio Net Working
Communication between PCs , Voice Communication and Music at the
Internet, Audio business through Internet.

5.5 PC Recorders
Hard Disk recorders, Magneto - optics recorders; CD-Recorders,
CD-ROM recordes, Minidisk recorders, DVD Tech. SCSI technology,
etc.

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6. HUMAN FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT

6.1 Administration and Organization in a audio working enviroment
Managers administration, knowledge of a local audio enterprises.

6.2 Humanities/Social Science
Professional Etic, Studio Etiquette.

6.3 Audio Forums
Audio forums with and for the students about every diferent theme in
the postgrade.

6.4 English writen and composition (Optinal, requirement).

6.5 Audio Psychology
The form which the sound affect the human behavior , Music therapy.

6.6 Fundamentals of Phonology and Phonometry.

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7. NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN AUDIO ENGINEERING

7.1 Forums about New tecnologies in Audio Equipment and applications,
with investigators and related enterprises.

7.2 Forums about new technologies in Telecommunications advances
with investigators and related enterprises.

7.3 Forums about new advances in general Audio Investigations.

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