Digital Audio school training courses in Cleveland, OH (public, in-house or online)

The recording arts and technology program trains students for entry-level positions within the audio industry. Students receive broad-based training in music recording and mixing, location sound, commercial production, audio for video and television, Internet audio, record production and live sound reinforcement. A field experience/internship component provides on-the-job training at local and national facilities. Graduates are employed in a wide variety of positions within the audio recording s...

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This course shows you the perfect next-step for aspiring producers/engineers: how to create a project studio that will succeed and grow. You will learn to identify and meet the many challenges of designing, equipping, marketing, managing, and operating a small yet professional audio recording / music production studio. You will find out how to achieve both business growth and creative impact by studying the success stories of other studio entrepreneurs.

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What is Mastering? In short, it’s the engineering process of taking your finished mix and turning it into a professional record, sonically competitive with all the other records you hear on the air or on your iPod. Needless to say, that’s really important! At the level of the individual song, Mastering corrects or improves the overall tonal balance of the record �adding a little deep bass, or softening some high end that’s a little too harsh, for example. And mastering techniques are used to op...

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Prepare yourself to become a great mix engineer. This course will teach you the vital skills necessary to produce professional sounding, well balanced mixes. This course introduces you to mixing audio using traditional analog theories as well as the latest DAW techniques. You will also get more detailed discussions with working professionals as well as a chance to learn how to critically listen to each individual element within a mix. You will become a better more professional mixer, whether you...

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OK, so now you’re starting to flex your Pro Tools muscles �you’ve learned all the basics about how to record and use MIDI, and you’ve mastered the essentials of workstation theory. So �what’s next?

Well, here’s the good news: There are dozens more audio chocolates in the box, and they’re called Plug-ins and Virtual Instruments. And they’re not only really useful, they’re fun, too! With plug-ins, you can solve all kinds of problems, like noise or level issues, and you can sculpt sounds u...

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