Sound Engineering
MP261 MP263
Audio Recording & Studio Assistant Course
This course takes place entirely in a recording studio environment and is mainly practical. It also includes basic electronics applied to a recording studio and music equipment, the nature of sound, acoustics applied to recording, and microphones placement.
Throughout the course, students will gain a good understanding of how a large recording studio operates, the equipment required, and the different professional roles exisiting in this environment.
Graduates from this course can work in recording studios, live venues, turn freelance and offer their services to bands and solo artists, or take a production role and use their skills to develop other artists.
What you will learn
- Cables, wiring, routing and patchbays
- Electricity and audio: hums, groundloops, impedance mismatch etc.
- Analogue mixers, signal flow
- Microphones: operating principles
- Microphones: placement and stereo techniques
- Recording vocals, drums, guitars and other instruments
- Electronics, amplifiers, signal processors (eq, noise gates, compressors)
- Studio etiquette, producing a session
- Recording a band
- Overdubbing
- Editing
- Creating a rough mix
- Archiving and session recall practices
Full-time or part-time?
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MP261 |
The course lasts 16 weeks, with a frequency of one lecture per week of six hours for the first 12 weeks and the last four weeks dedicated to the final assignment. |
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MP263 |
This course features the same elements as the MP261, with the difference that it is a full-time course with a minimum 16 hours per week of sessions. This course suits best those who don't have access to a computer and require the use of the school's facilities to practice. |
Course requirements
There are no specific restrictions for this course. Previous experience as a musician or with music technology is a bonus, but is not strictly required. The only criteria is a professional attitude, a propension to logical thinking and troubleshooting, and a real interest for recording. Acceptance to this class is subject to a preliminary interview to verify that candidates match this criteria.
Having access to a computer equipped with a music production software package can be useful for editing the recordings you will make. Students enrolled in the full-time course can use the school's facilities.
Course details
| course code | MP261 |
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| length | 16 weeks |
| schedule | MP261: 1 day per week 12.00 to 17.00 |
| entry requirements | preliminary interview, MP101 certificate or entrance exam |
| course fee | click here |
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Course resources
Related courses
Studio Assistant Certificate
Combine this course with Music Production 101 and get the Studio Assistant Professional Certificate.
Audio Engineering Diploma
Credits from this course can be used towards the full 2 year's Audio Engineering Diploma.
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