DAVID MOULTON
audio engineer, author, composer, educator, acoustician
background
Studies
- MS, Juilliard School of Music, 1965.
- BA, Bard College, 1963.
- Special Studies (post-degree) at Juilliard and other institutions.
- Major: Music Composition.
Teaching
- Lecturer in Acoustics, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA 2005-6
- Dean and Teacher, Parsons Center for Audio Studies, Wellesley, MA 2002-
- Lecturer in Sound Arts, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Tufts University), Boston, MA 1998-2002
- Lecturer in Acoustics, Recording Technology and Sound Synthesis, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA, 1993-6.
- Lecturer in Audio, Mass Communications Division, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1993-5.
- Chair, Department of Music Production and Engineering, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. 1987-1993.
- Associate Professor (tenured), Sound Recording Technology (Tonmeister Studies) at the State University of New York, College of Fredonia 1980-7, (Chair of the Sound Recording Technology Program 1980-84).
- Instructor and educational consultant in Sound Recording, Electronic Music, Music Theory, etc. at several institutions, 1967-80.
Activities
- Currently involved in music production, orchestral recording in stereo & surround, mixing and mastering for a variety of clients.
- Also active in educational and technical writing, multichannel music composition and synthesis, acoustical and psychoacoustical research and consultation, and education.
- Owner of Moulton Laboratories, and a principal in Digital Media Services, in Groton, MA.
- Vice-President, Sausalito Audio Works, Novato, CA.
- Member, Board of Trustees, New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA, 2003 -
- Member, Board of Directors, Indian Hill Music Center, Littleton, MA, 2004 -
- Author of Total Recording (KIQ Productions, pub.), a comprehensive college level text devoted to sound recording technology and the underlying principles of acoustics, psychoacoustics and electronics.
- Author of David Moulton's Audio Lectures, a four-CD set of audio instruction and demonstrations included in Playback Platinum (Music Maker Publications).
- Regularly published author of articles for Recording, VI and TV Technology magazines.
- Author and producer of Golden Ears, a course of audio ear-training studies (KIQ Productions).
- Consultant in the areas of curriculum design, educational development, studio and room acoustics, noise pollution, and synthesizer design.
- Have engineered and/or produced numerous recordings in all styles of recording.
- Have extensive background in analog music synthesis.
- Have composed numerous works of music for acoustic and electronic media.
- Have extensive experience in sound reinforcement of rock music concerts and other musical events.
- Publications include two patents and numerous papers and magazine articles dealing with electronic music, audio, acoustics and education.