Explore our Audio Technology Program!
While lots of trainees come to the audio program to make beats for modern-day music, they are often surprised at the huge selection of profession options in the field. As a sound specialist, it’s your responsibility to put together, run and keep the technical equipment used to tape-record, magnify, improve, mix or reproduce noise. You’ll recognize the sound requirements for a given task or scenario and carry out the proper actions to produce this sound. Sound technicians are required in a series of industries including: advertising, audio recordings, broadcasting (radio or tv), film, and live efficiency (theatre, music, dance). So, while making beats is taught and motivated, this program focuses on lots of other skills that will allow you to earn a living in the market of your picking.
While for numerous audio tasks, a degree is not needed, the following topics WILL increase your possibilities of success: acoustics and music, audio engineering and production, media production, music theory, a history of the music company and music, running live sound for concerts/churches and an understanding of sound plotting for theatre productions. At MCC, you can earn this real-world experience AND a degree. While this degree is transferrable to four-year schools, past trainees who have actually transferred find it to be a lackluster experience compared to the quality of equipment and instruction provided at MCC. In truth, a number of our students discover employment before they graduate.
Skills required to be effective:
– Interest in music, sound and
– Technical ability to discover computers and sound equipment
– Good crucial listening skills in order to assess musical quality
– Creativity
– Great interpersonal and interaction abilities to help you to: meet and network with others and being a team gamer and partner
– issue resolving, attention to detail, flexible approaches to production
– the ability to accept criticism and constructive feedback
– Persistence and decision
For the past 40 years, teacher Brian Konzelman has actually taught artists and audio recording engineers at MCC how to earn a living in the music industry. Graduates now own tape-recording organizations throughout the nation, have careers in the entertainment, recording, and movie industries, and have made GRAMMY AWARDS, EMMYS, and GOLD RECORDS from the RIAA.
What you’ll learn at MCC:
During the very first year of audio study, trainees will learn about: the physics of noise; the science of acoustics; the tools utilized to collect, shop, procedure, and provide sound items; taping session treatments; business networking. The students work separately and in teams completing weekly recording jobs in class and exterior of class, and prepare discussions of their work, and providing their jobs to the other trainees. They will operate as a group in recording sessions, and produce recordings on a range of various devices types.
During the 2nd year of audio research study, the focus is on an internship class design. The learning environment is established like a real-world studio complex, in which the students work both separately and in groups on a range of tape-recording projects. They sign in, keep hours, arrange their own task sessions, and allocate and share the studio resources. The students then share the outcomes of their recording jobs with the other students, advising and responding to questions about their experience producing the recording. Troubleshooting, electronic devices repair work, and studio upkeep are found out and practiced by the trainees throughout the year.