I am a novice when it comes to audio. I know barely anything about it. It seems like there are a lot of areas of study, which makes it so hard to figure out where to begin! I won’t be able to start school at the Art Institute of Atlanta until I have enough active duty days to help me pay for it. (Private schools are expensive as hell.) So, in my spare time I am planning on studying the basics of audio production. Please help. Thank you in advanced!
cat says
degreedirectory.org/article_directory/Engineering
http://www.sae.edu/media/Atlanta/pdf/3345_SAE_Atlanta_Course
Both of these two sites will give you information on ACCREDITED COURSES that will have you working and knowing what youre doing. DONT go ANYWHERE that isnt ACCREDITED to teach you PROPERLY!!!
aes.org
This website is the audio engineering societies members page for professionals AND students. Go and BECOME a member over there and READ everything THEY say.
The best way to learn ANYTHING is to do it yourself.
Youre on the internet, so just read everything. Start here:
Creative.com
Cakewalk.com
and read their articles about recording. Then do this:
OPEN your Favourites and make a new folder, call it SOUND INFO and add the creative page into it.
Thenmake another folder called SOUND EQUIPMENT.
Everytime you come across something you want to keep or study put it into the INFO folder so you can come back and study it.
Everytime you find a word or a term you dont know, SEARCHBAR it and add that page to the folder as well.
NOW for the best thing you can possibly do. PHONE all the local recording studios and TELL them you want to work for FREE, that you just want to LEARN and WATCH and you’ll MAKE COFFEE and sweep floors and wash their cars if they’ll let you sit in. (I own a studio and I’d PAY you to watch me work if you made a half decent cup of coffee! Sorry, I’m in Australia…)
also theres a lot of pages over at ehow.com but a LOT of the information is YEARS out of date so read with caution!
And finally this:
http://www.recordingconnection.com/glossyA
That website has a GLOSSARY OF ENGINEERING TERMS
Learn the words, searchbar everything you dont.
AND DONT YOU DARE JOIN UP TO PAY ANYONE ON THE WEB TO TEACH YOU THIS SUBJECT! YOU GO WHERE YOU GET A PIECE OF REAL PAPER AT THE END OF IT!!! Dont make me sorry I gave you the glossary page!!!
Hope I helped
Cat
(Engineer/producer/studio owner)