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Microphones, Amplifiers, and Speakers

Until someone invents acoustic instruments and voices that generate digital ones and zeros, and until humans can “hear” those bits as music, we will continue to need microphones to capture the sounds, and speakers and amplifiers to reproduce them. This course explains the design and operation of all types of microphones amplifiers and speakers, and their similarities and differences. Through many demonstrations and live recordings in the classroom, the student gains an appreciation of how to select and place microphones for recording. The student learns how to calculate the amount of amplifier power needed to play music at specific levels and how to design a system with speakers that will accomplish that level of sound. This information is especially important to those people interested in setting up small home studios.