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Audio Fundamentals

Lift your filmmaking with essential audio skills that bring depth and clarity to your projects. Get into sound theory, explore microphone types, and learn best practices for choosing and positioning gear. Through hands-on practice, master the setup and use of recorders, mixers, and on-set recording techniques to capture high-quality audio in any setting.

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  • 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY
  • 6 hours

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Wed. Nov 4, 2026, 12pm ET


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Description

This practical workshop is designed for filmmakers who want to strengthen their audio production abilities. The curriculum covers essential sound theory and hands-on recording techniques that will elevate your entire production quality. You will understand fundamental sound principles, including how sound waves behave and how frequencies impact your final product.

Microphone Selection and Techniques:

Learn to choose the right microphone for different situations, understanding the various types available and proper placement strategies. Master microphone selection techniques based on your recording environment and creative goals. Participants gain hands-on experience setting up and using audio recorders, mixers, and professional equipment for capturing high-quality sound in any condition.

On-Set Recording and Equipment Management:

Discover practical approaches to on-set recording, including managing background noise and creating sound-friendly recording environments. Our commitment includes providing all necessary equipment with a favorable 2:1 student-to-equipment ratio; personal equipment is not permitted during the workshop.

Workshop Topics Covered:

  • Sound Theory Fundamentals
  • Measuring and Analyzing Sound
  • Analog to Digital Conversion
  • Principles of Professional Recording
  • Microphone Types and Applications
  • Managing Inputs, Channels, and Levels
  • Field Mixers and Audio Recorders
  • Optimal Recording Set-Up Configurations

Refund Policy

If you register for a workshop and are unable to attend, we can offer the following compensation:

  • Full refund (less 5% cancellation fee):
    • If your cancellation is confirmed at least 6 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
  • Full credit (valid for 3 months) or a 50% refund:
    • If your cancellation is confirmed at least 3 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
  • You receive no compensation (neither refund nor credit):
    • If your cancellation is confirmed less than 3 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
    • No compensation (Neither Refund nor Credit) is available for cancellations less than 3 full business days prior to a workshop's start time or for non-attendance. For example, if you cancel your registration for a workshop that starts at 6:30pm on Monday, we must confirm your cancellation no later than 6:30pm the Thursday before for you to receive Credit.

There are absolutely no make-ups allowed for any missed session(s) of a workshop. It is not possible for students to make up a missed session of their Workshop by attending an equivalent session on another day. There are no refunds for missed sessions.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Reviews of Classes at DCTV (241)

(4.3-star rating across 241 reviews)

This class: 4.6 out of 5 from 7 reviews

  • Audio Fundamentals

  • Audio Fundamentals

    Very informative. I would have liked even more sessions. Instructor was very good about answering questions and steering the talk to our areas of interest.
  • Audio Fundamentals

    The Audio Fundamentals course is pretty much on the spot with what it says it is. This "course" presents some very bare bones information that would probably be valuable to someone with an absolute zero knowledge of hardware. And when I mean zero, I mean that whomsoever takes this course can only fathom that the difference between hertz and kilohertz is that one rents cars and the other rents bigger cars. The unfortunate part of this is that the course is a practical prerequisite to taking any other audio course that DCTV offers. Especially one that would teach you how to work with audio software. You can't just jump to learning how to use pro tools (which seems like the only DAW that DCTV either uses or teaches). Granted that doesn't lay on Coursehorse. It's very much all on DCTV and how they choose to do their classes. I'm sure there is a method to the madness, so to speak. As I said, the course is useful to those who are walking into the world of audio/video with no background or knowledge of either. But for me and what I wanted to accomplish, all it did was cost me money and time that i could've dedicated to something more productive.
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