MIT OpenCourseWare
Music and Technology: Recording Techniques and Audio Production
Art: Praetorius Trombones 1614-1620 Syntagma Musicum · Public domain
- Instructor
- Dr. Florian Hollerweger
- Term
- Fall 2016
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 4 exams · 2 solutions · 1 lecture note · 17 readings · 48 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21M.380 Music and Technology: Recording Techniques and Audio Production, Fall 2016, Dr. Florian Hollerweger — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- MIT lists a session calendar for this course, but it could not be verified well enough to build a sequence from it — materials are grouped by section instead.
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- Referenced in a table, but without MIT's own verified order, so it isn't used to claim a sequence. (2 items)
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Syllabus
Lecture Notes
32 files
- Audio examples Download
- SoX files Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 1: The art of sound recording Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 2: Physics of Sound Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 3: Microphones Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 4: Perception of Sound Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 5: Workshop: Moss Intro & Mic Handling Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 6: Basic Sound Editing Techniques Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 7: Recording Techniques & Audio Production Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 8: Filters & EQs Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 9: Stereo Recording Techniques Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 10: Dynamics & Compression Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 11: Stereo Recording Practice Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 12: Headphone Monitoring Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 13: Digital Audio Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 14: Mixing Consoles Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 15: Recording Session Plans Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 16: Mixing Strategies Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 17: Recording Session 1 Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 18: Room Acoustics & Reverberation Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 19: Recording Session 2 Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 20: Recording Session 3 Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 21: Quiz, Review, Preview Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 22: Sound Quality & Critical Listening Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 23: Recording Session 4 Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 24: Recording Session 5 Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 25: Mastering Techniques Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 27: Guest speaker Al Kooper Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 28: 5.1 Surround Sound Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Session 26: Command-Line Sound Editing Download
- 21M.380 F16 instructions for downloading lecture slides and audio samples Download
- 21M.380 F16 Recording Techniques and Audio Production lecture slides (complete) Download
Readings and Assignments
29 files
- ED1: Drum Loop Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Mixing Assignment 1: Mixdown of Stems Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Mixing Assignment 2: Mixdown with Reverb Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Mixing Assignment 3: Session Mix & Master Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Pre-Semester Reading: The Art of Sound Recording Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Production Analysis 1: In-Class Presentation Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Production Analysis 2: Production Bloopers Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 1: Physics of Sound Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 2: Microphones Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 3: Perception of Sound Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 4: Interview with Sylvia Massy Shivy Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 5: Cables, Connections & Patchbays Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 6: Filters & EQs Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 7: Stereo Recording Techniques Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 8: Dynamics & Compression Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 9: Digital Audio Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 10: The Art of Mixing Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 11: Sound Recording Techniques Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 12: Room Acoustics & Reverberation Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 13: Nature Builds No Telephones Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 14: Sound Quality & Critical Listening Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Reading Assignment 15: Rupert Neve Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Recording Session Report 1: Session Plan Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Recording Session Report 2: Session Documentation Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Sound Editing Exercise 2: Equalization Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Sound Editing Exercise 3: Dynamic Range Processing Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Sound Editing Exercise 4: Preparing Stems Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Written Assignment 1: Edison's List Download
- 21m.380 F16 -- Written Assignment 2: Music Technology in 50 Years Download
Quizzes
- 21M.380 F16 -- Digital audio, mixing consoles & strategies, recording sessions, room acoustics & reverberation Download
- 21M.380 F16 -- Second Quiz (Q2): Editing, cables & patchbays, eqs, stereo recording, dynamics Download
- 21M.380 F16 -- Second quiz (qz2): Editing, cables & patchbays, eqs, stereo recording, dynamics (with solutions) Download
- 21m.380 f16 First Quiz (QZ1): Physics & perception of sound, microphones Download
- 21m.380 f16 Third Quiz (QZ3): Digital audio, mixing consoles & strategies, recording sessions, room acoustics and reverberation Download
- 21M.380 Fall 16 First Quiz (Q1): Physics & perception of sound, microphones (with solutions) Download
Tools
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MIT OpenCourseWare, Dr. Florian Hollerweger, 21M.380 Music and Technology: Recording Techniques and Audio Production, Fall 2016.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2016 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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