BCST 120 – LAB SCHEDULE
INSTRUCTOR:
MEETINGS:
OFFICE HOURS:
TELEPHONE/EMAIL:
LOCATION:
SPRING 2006, Monday/Wednesday evenings
Jeff Kliment
Lab – Monday & Wednesday, 7:35 PM – 9:30 PM. CRN # 36212
Via telephone or email or by appointment during lab time
415-452-4744 / jkliment@ccsf.edu (email preferred)
Class meets in ARTX165
The lab portion of BCST 120 focuses on hands-on projects that demonstrate and utilize the theory and
content presented in the lectures.
GRADING: Your projects, competency quiz and participation are graded in the lab by the lab instructor. Turn in
all lab projects to the lab instructor for grading. Your written exams and quizzes will be graded by your lecture
instructor. The lecture instructor assigns the final grade. See the course syllabus handed out in your lecture
section for how the final grade is determined in this course.
Project 1 – basic radio production
Project 2 – analog tape editing
Project 3 – 4-track music production
Project 4 – digital recording – film soundtrack
DAT project
Lab Competency Quiz
Participation
50 points
50 points
50 points
50 points
25 points
25 points
15 points (out of 25 total Lecture/Lab)
CELL PHONES: TURN YOUR CELL PHONES OFF BEFORE ENTERING CLASS. You may be asked to leave if you
disrupt class with your cell phone.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: You are expected to attend all classes. If you cannot attend class due to an illness or
emergency, you must call or send an email using the contact info above. After four or more absences, you may be
dropped from class. If you are late for class, you will not receive credit for attending a full class session. Two times late for
class will count as one absence. You are responsible for obtaining any content missed and for making up required course
work. Take note of the class schedule on the back of this sheet. DO NOT SCHEDULE VACATIONS DURING THIS
COURSE. Exams will not be re-scheduled and no late projects will be accepted.
REQUIRED SUPPLIES:
One 7” Reel of 1/4”audio tape. Quantegy 456 is suggested ($7 - $12)
One 30 min. DAT tape, any brand. ($5 - $8)
Five CD-R blank CD media, any brand ($1 - $2 each)
Two 30 min. or longer audio cassettes $1 - $2 each)
Single-edged razor for editing Project 2
Also Recommended:
Headphones with stereo 1/4-inch phone jack
Clipboard
#2 pencils with erasers
Binder or folder for handouts
You may purchase these supplies at:
CCSF Bookstore Annex (Phelan Ave.) 415-452-5210
Leo’s Pro Audio (5447 Telegraph Ave. @55th in Oakland) 510-652-1553
R&M Pro Audio (10th Ave. and Cabrillo St.) 415-386-8400
LAB SCHEDULE is detailed on the other side of this page – subject to change based on equipment and
facilities availability.
(Lecture schedule is on page two of the syllabus, which is distributed by the lecture instructor.)
If you need disability-related accommodations, you may contact Disabled Student Program and Services
(DSP&S). If you have emergency medical information you wish to share with me or wish to discuss disabilityrelated accommodations with me, please make a private appointment with me as soon as possible.
WEEK
W 1/18
TOPIC
Introduction/Ears
LAB WORK AND PROJECTS
Discuss critical listening, ear protection.
M 1/23
W 1/25
Getting acquainted
Signal Flow/Connections
Listening tests: compare various CD’s and discuss
Intro to lab workstations, overview of equipment
M 1/30
W 2/1
Consoles & Signal Flow
Gain Structure
Discuss signal flow, gain structure, setting levels
Begin Project One, Demo of reel-to-reel decks
M 2/6
W 2/8
Analog Recording
Microphones
Project 1 production
Project 1 production
M 2/13
W 2/15
Microphones
Microphones
Microphone demo, Project 1 production
Project 1 production
M 2/20
W 2/22
HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
Analog tape editing
Begin Project Two, Analog editing demo
M 2/27
W 3/1
Acoustics
Monitoring/Speakers
Project 1 & 2 production
Project 1 & 2 production
M 3/6
W 3/8
Project 1 DUE
COMPETECNY QUIZ
Listen to Project 1 in class
Project 2 production
M 3/13
W 3/15
Project 2 sign-up
Multi-track Recording/Music
Project 2 production
Begin Project Three, 4-track equipment demo
M 3/20
W 3/22
Multi-track continued
Digital Recording
Project 3 tracking sessions
Project 3 tracking sessions
M 3/27
W 3/29
Intro to Digital Audio Editing
Project 2 DUE
Begin DAT Project, DAT demo, Project 2 & 3 production
Adobe Audition demo, Project 3 production
M 4/3
W 4/5
Sound for film & video
Project 4 Spotting Session
Begin Project Four, Adobe Audition demo continued
Project 4 Group production
M 4/10
W 4/12
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
(Study, study, study!)
(Study, study, study!)
M 4/17
W 4/19
Signal Processing - EQ
Processing - Dynamics
Project 4 Group & individual production
Project 4 Group & individual production
M 4/24
Sign up for Project 4 production
W 4/26
Project 3 mixes DUE
Processing - Time-based
REVIEW
M 5/1
W 5/3
DAT Project DUE, Location Sound Sign up for Project 4 production
Synchronization
Sign up for Project 4 production
M 5/8
W 5/10
Audio for the Internet
Careers in Audio
M 5/15
W 5/17
LONG LAB NIGHT FOR PROJECT 4 COMPLETION
Project 4 DUE
Play finished projects in class
M 5/22
W 5/24
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM (M/W Evening Section)
Sign up for Project 4 production
Sign up for Project 4 production
Sign up for Project 4 production
(No lab)