Overview

If you’re thinking of a career in recording arts, you might want to fasten your seatbelt. It’s a potentially very exciting career, but one with a lot of variables in it, too. Plan on working hard, long hours, sometimes late into the night. You’ll need to know how to think on your feet, and how to be creative in sometimes-stressful circumstances. But you’ll also have lots of fun! If you’re technically savvy and artistically creative, and if you can handle this kind of life, recording arts can be very rewarding.

In studying recording arts, you’ll learn the full gamut of the recording process, from pre-production through post-production. You’ll learn to run state-of-the-art equipment, and how to make it work for your needs. You’ll learn about microphone placement, equalization and effects, and mixing tracks. And you’ll learn how to work with lots of different talent, with different musical styles, and how to make them all sound as good as possible on a recording. Whether your dream is to own your own studio or be a top-tier record producer, fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be quite a ride!

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School Website Length to Graduate: 6 Months Location: Most Major Cities in US and Canada Students per Class: 1 Tuition to Graduate: $7,750

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Recording Connection offers courses in Audio Engineering, Music Producing, Music Recording, Live Concert Audio and more. Recording Connection students get Pro Tools Mbox Software after their 10th lesson which allows them to record and mix their own audio on their own computer.

Recording Connection features the mentor apprentice method of teaching students the necessary skills by having them work one-on-one with their mentor on real world projects. Recording Connection enjoys working relationships with mentors in professional recording studios across the United States and Canada. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 2 Years Location: IL-Chicago Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $50,000 Subject: Music

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Design a film or game soundtrack. Engineer a multi-track studio session.  Troubleshoot problems while recording audio on location. Tribeca Flashpoint’s Recording Arts Associate program applies craft, theory and aesthetics to real-world productions to prepare you for tomorrow’s audio production requirements.

At Tribeca Flashpoint, you’ll learn discipline, professional standards, and on-the-job collaboration in courses designed by experienced audio professionals. As you earn your Associate of Applied Science degree, you’ll work in state-of-the-art facilities, develop your skills on advanced projects for real-world clients, and create an industry-ready, professional portfolio that will jump-start your audio career. Read More...

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Columbia Academy’s Recording & Sound Design (RSD) program puts you in the recording studio, behind the console, or unleashing your creativity on Digital Audio Workstations from Day One – an important feature that makes us unique and considered to be one of the best Recording schools and Sound Design schools in Vancouver, BC Canada and internationally!

Our Recording & Sound Design school program gives you practical, Hands-On experience in the actual positions found in today’s top music recording studios and post production audio houses. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 21 Months Location: FL-Orlando Students per Class: 30+

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Full Sail’s Recording Arts Bachelor’s Degree Program is an intensive, 20-month audio education that covers every facet of music recording and audio production – from tracking and overdubs to mixing and mastering – in a college environment like no other. Full Sail’s campus is an audiophile’s dream, with multiple professional recording studios and labs that allow you to use the same microphones, mixing boards, and digital workstations used in recording studios all over the world.

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