Au­dio and vi­deo pro­duc­tion

Rea­li­zing au­dio and vi­deo re­cord­ings un­der pro­fes­sio­nal con­di­ti­ons - this is ano­t­her thing stu­dents learn at the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts. We show some of the­se pro­duc­tions on You­Tube, for examp­le, in the #re­cord­ing_HfMDK play­list.

With its high-qua­li­ty re­cord­ing rooms (small hall, lar­ge hall, AV stu­dio) and con­stant­ly ex­pan­ding, mo­dern equip­ment, the AV de­part­ment team of­fers stu­dents the op­por­tu­ni­ty to gain ex­pe­ri­ence with au­dio and vi­deo pro­duc­tions.

In ad­di­ti­on, out­stan­ding achie­ve­ments by both stu­dents and tea­ching staff can be do­cu­men­ted and, if ne­cessa­ry, pu­blished for re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve pur­po­ses of the uni­ver­si­ty.

The pro­duc­tion of ap­p­li­ca­ti­on and com­pe­ti­ti­on de­mos as well as re­cord­ings of class re­ci­tals etc. are pos­si­ble wi­t­hin the scope of the ca­pa­ci­ties. Fur­ther in­for­ma­ti­on on plan­ning and the pro­duc­tion pro­cess can be found un­der FAQ.

The ran­ge of re­cord­ings and pro­duc­tions in the halls and in the AV stu­dio is not just for do­cu­men­ta­ti­on pur­po­ses, but is seen by its staff as an in­te­gral part of tea­ching. It is not about the de­ve­lop­ment of in­ter­pre­ta­ti­on, but about the re­flec­tion of in­ter­pre­ta­ti­on wi­t­hin the re­spec­tive me­di­um. The AV de­part­ment sup­ports ar­tis­tic trai­ning at every sta­ge. The joint work of the stu­dents with the vi­deo pro­du­cer/sound en­gi­neer (and spe­cia­list tea­cher) pro­mo­tes ar­tis­tic de­ve­lop­ment.

Sin­ce the start of the 2024/2025 win­ter se­mes­ter, all mem­bers of the uni­ver­si­ty have been able to use the self-ser­vice re­cord­ing equip­ment (SAE) in the con­cert halls. Using per­man­ent­ly in­stal­led mi­cro­pho­nes and ca­me­ras, this en­ab­les rehe­ar­sals, con­certs or demo vi­de­os to be re­cor­ded in­de­pendent­ly. The sys­tem is ac­tiva­ted when the halls are in use. More in­for­ma­ti­on here.