CCSMT26 Prepare equipment and material for recording sessions
Overview
This standard is about preparing equipment and material for multitrack recording sessions. It is important to make sure that equipment is set up and any previously archived content is available to enable adjustments or new work to be carried out. On completion of sessions recorded material must be correctly archived and details of settings and layout recorded for any related future recording sessions.
This includes checking equipment set up, carrying out basic repairs and ordering spares, retrieving archived materials, replicating and recording equipment and instrument layout and settings, making stereo mix-downs using archived material and handing assets and deliverables over to or from other studio engineers.
This standard is for recording engineers, editing engineers, mastering engineers, mix engineers and programmers who prepare equipment and material for recording sessions.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
plan appropriate activities to prepare equipment for recording sessions
check instrument and equipment layout and settings comply with those of previous relevant sessions
identify faults with equipment prior to use
repair faulty items within your area of expertise and within recording session timescales
label and replace faulty items which cannot be repaired in line with procedures
order required spares in line with organisational procedures
record, report and manage faults in line with procedures
recall full details of archived material when required for recording sessions
manage archived information in line with organisational procedures
produce and monitor stereo mix-downs of recalled sessions at appropriate times
produce detailed records of recording session media and content which requires archiving
record accurate details of equipment and instrument layout and settings using accepted industry labelling techniques
archive relevant settings on desk and associated equipment during mix-down process
store details of equipment and instrument layout and settings in locations that can be accessed by others when required
label and record stereo mix-downs of recalled sessions in line with organisational procedures
hand over full details of assets and deliverables to or from other studio engineers as recording sessions progress
reset and tidy studio environment on completion of sessions
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand:
the audio-related information of multitrack recording sessions
how to identify synchronisation information
the full dated records of media and content used in recording sessions
the importance of reporting faults with equipment to team members
the importance of fault recording procedures
the clear labelling of faulty items
procedures for ordering spares
the information required to recall multitrack recording sessions
how to assess synchronisation information to fully recall multitrack recording sessions
how to make different formats of stereo mix-downs using archived material
the importance of accurately recording and labelling stereo mix-downs produced from archived material
methods for recording equipment and instruments layout and settings including photographs and diagrams
the reasons for recording equipment and instrument layout and settings and when it is appropriate to do so
how to use AES/SPARS labelling systems
how to complete a track sheet for multitrack audio recording
suitable locations to archive electronic recall data and reference from track sheet.
information required to hand over assets and deliverables to or from other studio engineers
CCSMT26 Prepare equipment and material for recording sessions
Overview
This standard is about preparing equipment and material for multitrack recording sessions. It is important to make sure that equipment is set up and any previously archived content is available to enable adjustments or new work to be carried out. On completion of sessions recorded material must be correctly archived and details of settings and layout recorded for any related future recording sessions.
This includes checking equipment set up, carrying out basic repairs and ordering spares, retrieving archived materials, replicating and recording equipment and instrument layout and settings, making stereo mix-downs using archived material and handing assets and deliverables over to or from other studio engineers.
This standard is for recording engineers, editing engineers, mastering engineers, mix engineers and programmers who prepare equipment and material for recording sessions.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand: