Studio Workshops
These workshops are designed to teach a total beginner the fundamentals of setting up a home studio through to creating a finished product in a home studio. It involves a minimum of 30 hours with an experienced Sound engineer/Producer working through creating a track in our studios. Our workshops is presented over a ten week period and consists of a 3 to 4 h our workshop once a week. Along with all the practical knowledge a student will acquire from time spent in the studio on the equipment the student will also receive our unique reference guide that contains all the information we cover in the workshops and can be used as a reference manual after the workshops has been completed as well as receiving telephonic support from our experienced crew. We have seen that this course actually puts the student at such an advantage that he/she is actually on par with other producers that have been doing it for 4 years or more after just 10 weeks, this is due to the fact that we demonstrate the essential information usually aquired through a lengthy course thus eliminating all unnecessary theory. We give them that knowledge that would normally take them years to acquire through trial and error and probably some unnecessary expenses along the way as well. We try to create a relationship with our students and help them with guiding them on there productions, publishing their works, equipment purchases and as much after sales service as we can. Our workshops are designed for the true music. The cost of the 10 week workshop is R 4200 and is payable in full upfront on enrolment .. No academic requirements apply either; the only requirement would be the love of music.
About the workshops
A student is required to attend a 3 to 4 hour session per week!
A student is required to have a home PC in order to implement each workshop at home, student software will be supplied , this software is try before you buy beta sofware and will need you to upgrade in order to overcome the clichés these software have.
Workshops are available to start in 3 semesters of the year 1st February 2nd May & 3rd in September , groups of three students will also be formed to commence within the semesters
Students are not allowed to bring friends to class with them!
About the facilities
The studios are a acoustically balanceed with state of the art equipment, but set up in the home project standard.
About the lecturers
The classes will be presented by professional and experienced sound engineers/producers!
We prefer to have workshops groups of three in order to give every student individual attention and to develop a personal relationship with every student. This way we keep good track of a student's progress and help out students with after sales service and advice.
Workshops Structures
- Setting up a Home studio and software
- The music notification business
- Basics Cubase - making a track
- Using Reason and rewiring with Cubase
- Samplers/ Vst Instruments(Kontact,NN19,)
- Sampling like the pro’s (recycle,Rex files,HAlion, making sample banks)
- Recording vocals & instruments
- Mixing down creating a good mixdown(panning levels effects)
- Audio Editing Wavelab
- Mastering techniques
- Effects modules
- Compression
- Delays
- Reverb
- Equalisation
These topics will be explained thoroughly to the student by the lecturer and will be put in to practice by the student at home with trial software we provide!
These topics will also be included in the reference guide and will be available for reference after the workshop is finished!
What will a student receive?
Students will receive the full 10 week workshop with a minimum of 30 hours with a lecturer! Students will also receive the production manual as well as Beta software (Try before you buy) so as to make the right decision on the software you comfatable with,Plus we will help you out with finding the right equipment at the student prices(all students receive student discount on purchasing equipment), the will also recieve a certification of attendance to the workshops
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