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45 - PAM - Press and Media
PAM 315 - Raising Quality of Audio Materials for Old and New Materials
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAM 315 | 23 June 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PAM 315 | 04 August 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PAM 315 | 29 September 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PAM 315 | 24 November 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PAM 315 | 08 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
Course Description
Audio quality is key for a successful music production release or broadcast. The quality of the sound product can be increased by every correct decision in the digital signal chain. This course teaches fundamental concepts and skills in musical post-production and audio restoration. The late stages of music production such as editing, mixing and mastering are the main focal points for improving the quality of new audio materials. In addition, modern audio restoration tools will be used to demonstrate the methods for bringing up the audio quality of old material to a level good enough to be broadcasted. The course includes training in Pro Tools systems, but the skills and principles are applicable in a range of applications. The aural perception component focuses on spectrum and dynamics.
Course Objectives
- Familiarizing with audio quality concepts and digital audio
- Explaining post production chain for audio products (editing, mixing)
- Describing the requirements of release and broadcast (mastering)
- Explaining the spectrum of audio and the dynamic range
- Understanding the principles of audio restoration
Who Should Attend?
- Audio technicians for post-production
- Broadcast department personnel
- Music producers
- Audio archivists
- Those involved in forensic audio
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Basic concepts in media formats from the past and today
- Steps of post-production
- Classification of Musical Genres
- Exploring the Audio Spectrum
- Concept of Dynamic Range
Day 2
- Necessary principles of digital audio
- Editing, topping and tailing audio
- Introduction to mixing and production approach
- DAW environment and plugins
- Genre expectation principles
- Understanding mixing delivery requirements
Day 3
- Introduction to spectral processing tools
- Digital audio filters
- Critical listening for equalization
- Introduction to dynamics processing tools
- Multiband compressors
- Critical listening for compression
- Aural perception exercise
Day 4
- Introduction to mastering
- Genre expectation principles
- Loudness standards
- Understanding master delivery requirements
- Perceptual encoding and dither
- Critical listening for improvement and the signal flow
- Aural perception exercise
Day 5
- Introduction to audio restoration
- Common problems of old audio materials
- Restoration of vinyl recordings using Waves restoration bundle
- Restoration of cassette recordings using Waves restoration bundle
- Critical listening for improvement and the signal flow
- Implementation tips for combining spectral and dynamic processors
- State-of-art tools for audio restoration (Izotope RX)
