Ted Fletcher's Masterclasses...

As well as designing audio electronics, Ted Fletcher also gives lectures on recording, techniques, electronics and everything to do with his experience with sound, recording and technology.  Here are some notes from his lectures.

Masterclass, Recording in the real world

Masterclass, Recording in the real world

1st May 2006
NOTES TO LECTURES: These are the outline notes to lectures to students and graduates on Recording Technology courses, and Foundation Degree courses for the Summer 2005 season. Recording in the real world . By Ted Fletcher INTRODUCTION Teaching about sound and sound recording inevitably concentrates ....

Masterclass: Recording media and early recordings.

Masterclass: Recording media and early recordings.

1st May 2006
Notes for Foundation Degree in Music Technology (in association with University of Westminster) (ASFD) Recording media, and Early Recordings. By Ted Fletcher THE START OF IT ALL  The very first sound recording was made in France by an inventor called ‘Scott’ in 1856…… So those stories a....

Masterclass: City of Westminster College, Sound, Distortions, Compression and images

Masterclass: City of Westminster College, Sound, Distortions, Compression and images

1st January 2006
NATURAL SOUND, DISTORTIONS, COMPRESSION AND IMAGES. NOTES FOR LECTURES  JANUARY 2006 AT CITY OF WESTMINSTER COLLEGE.SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION When I was learning physics, the lecturer used to say, ‘there’s nothing simple about simple harmonic motion!’ From the maths point of view he’s prob....

Masterclass: University of Westminster ; Marylebone Road, LONDON W1

Masterclass: University of Westminster ; Marylebone Road, LONDON W1

17th October 2005
NOTES for the Art of Record Production CONFERENCE; SEPT 17 th 2005. University of Westminster ; Marylebone Road, LONDON W1 Recording in the real world . By Ted Fletcher (Guest Speaker)  INTRODUCTION When I’m giving talks to younger people about sound equipment and sound recording, inevitably ....

Masterclass: Good Sounds, Equalisers and Compressors

Masterclass: Good Sounds, Equalisers and Compressors

1st October 2005
GOOD SOUNDS, EQUALISERS and COMPRESSORS. My lectures usually start with trying to take a historic perspective on the subject matter. I’m not changing my ways here but the ‘history’ is likely to merge in with the opinion and the practical aspects. So what makes a good sound? You will spot strai....

Thames Valley University, Sound Semantics

Thames Valley University, Sound Semantics

15th February 2005
Semantics, Thames Valley University Lecture, 2005. An old friend from the 60's SEMANTICS. Words; the way we describe sounds, sights and smells are so important and yet so imprecise. Descriptive words are, by their very nature, imprecise and ‘subjective’, giving a description that can only mean s....

EQ and compression, Thames Valley Uni

EQ and compression, Thames Valley Uni

12th November 2003
Thames Valley University.  MASTER CLASS 12TH November 2003 LECTURE NOTES. When I was asked to give a ‘master-class’ on professional audio, I wondered, first of all, what sort of information I might have that would be both interesting and useful for University students and graduates, and tha....