This course aims to develop critical listening skills for modern audio technology. Critical listening has been a core component for audio production as well as production development. Similar to listening skills for music, critical listening skill requires a systematic pedagogy practiced through regular exercises. The course introduces the concept of critical listening within the context of audio engineering, offers hands-on practices on critical listening, analytically reads of audio album’s “LINER NOTES” together, compares a student’s favorite album (single track) as a group, design a solution for better critical listening training for normal listeners as well as hard of hearing listeners (term project).
| Week | Topic | Readings | Assignments | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Listening & Audio Quality | |||
| WebTET - how to use | Ch.1 + Article 1 | WeTET proficiency | Critical listening journal (CLJ) 예 작성준비 필요 | |
| 2 | Tonal Balance and Equalization | Ch. 2 | Test 1 prep (Tonal balance) | |
| 3 | Tonal Balance Review & Student-chosen track presentation (CLJ1) | CLJ 1, Test 1 | ||
| 4 | Field trip - DAC (Daejeon Art Center) | Report 1 | * Trip schedule can be changed depending on the concert schedule. | |
| 5 | Spatial Attributes and Reverberation | Ch. 3 | Test 2 prep (spatial attribute) | |
| 6 | Spatial/Reverb review & CLJ2 | CLJ 2, Test 2 | ||
| 7 | Field trip - Movie | Report 2 | ||
| 8 | Dynamic Range Control | Ch. 4 | CLJ 3, Test 3 | |
| 9 | Auditory training for hard-of-hearing listeners | Article 2,3 | Discussion | |
| 10 | Problem definition & Project proposal | |||
| 11 | Project prep | Interim report 1 (verbal) | ||
| 12 | Project prep | Interim report 2 (online report) | ||
| 13 | Project prep | Interim report 3 (verbal) | ||
| 14 | Project prep | Interim report 4 (online report) | ||
| Final | Project presentation | with the final report |