Back to the Future: Reintroducing Analog and Vinyl Audio Production to Digital Natives

Murphy MJ. Back to the Future: Reintroducing Analog and Vinyl Audio Production to Digital Natives. In: AES Conference: 2021 AES International Audio Education Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2021. Paper 4. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21194

@inproceedings{Murphy2021_21194,
  author = {Murphy, Michael J.},
  title = {{Back to the Future: Reintroducing Analog and Vinyl Audio Production to Digital Natives}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2021 AES International Audio Education Conference},
  note = {Paper 4},
  year = {2021},
  month = jul,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21194}
}

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AB  - This paper describes a case study involving the reintroduction of analog vinyl theory and production practice at a university media school. In order to quickly meet student and industry demand, an industry partnership approach was used involving a manufacturer of new vinyl pressing equipment, a major vinyl pressing plant, as well as a local vinyl mastering facility. New supporting curriculum was “triaged” into an existing audio theory course and students formed a production collective with the objective of producing a quality vinyl showcase of student-produced music. The result was “The Resurgence”, a vinyl release that achieved acclaim and generated even more interest in the wider student population for a continuation and expansion of the analog curricular initiative. A second iteration of the course was delivered remotely during Covid lockdowns in 2021, requiring further evolution to facilitate both remote collaborative music production as well as in-house virtual mastering of four new vinyl releases.
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