Explore Our Audio Technology Program!

Explore our Audio Technology Program!

While numerous trainees pertain to the audio program to make beats for modern music, they are frequently amazed at the vast range of profession alternatives in the field. As a sound specialist, it’s your duty to put together, run and preserve the technical equipment utilized to tape, amplify, improve, mix or recreate noise. You’ll recognize the sound requirements for an offered task or circumstance and perform the proper actions to produce this sound. Sound professionals are needed in a variety of markets including: marketing, audio recordings, broadcasting (radio or television), film, and live efficiency (theatre, music, dance). So, while making beats is taught and motivated, this program focuses on lots of other abilities that will enable you to make a living in the market of your picking.

While for lots of audio jobs, a degree is not required, the following subjects WILL increase your chances of success: acoustics and music, audio engineering and production, media production, music theory, a history of the music service and music, running live sound for concerts/churches and an understanding of sound plotting for theatre productions. At MCC, you can make this real-world experience AND a degree. While this degree is transferrable to four-year schools, previous students who have moved discover it to be a lackluster experience compared to the quality of equipment and direction offered at MCC. In truth, much of our students discover work before they graduate.

Skills required to be successful:

– Interest in music, sound and recording
– Technical ability to find out about computers and sound equipment
– Good vital listening skills in order to evaluate musical quality
– Creativity
– Great interpersonal and interaction abilities to assist you to: fulfill and network with others and being a team gamer and partner
– problem resolving, attention to information, versatile techniques to production
– the capability to accept criticism and useful feedback
– Persistence and decision

For the past 40 years, professor Brian Konzelman has taught artists and audio recording engineers at MCC how to make a living in the music industry. Graduates now own tape-recording organizations across the country, have careers in the entertainment, recording, and film markets, and have earned GRAMMY AWARDS, EMMYS, and GOLD RECORDS from the RIAA.

What you’ll find out at MCC:

During the very first year of audio research study, students will learn about: the physics of sound; the science of acoustics; the tools used to gather, store, procedure, and deliver sound products; recording session procedures; service networking. The students work separately and in teams completing weekly recording jobs in class and beyond class, and prepare discussions of their work, and presenting their jobs to the other trainees. They will work as a group in taping sessions, and produce recordings on a variety of various equipment types.

During the 2nd year of audio research study, the emphasis 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 teams on a variety of tape-recording tasks. They check in, keep hours, arrange their own task sessions, and assign and share the studio resources. The students then share the results of their recording jobs with the other trainees, instructing and addressing concerns about their experience producing the recording. Troubleshooting, electronic devices repair work, and studio maintenance are found out and practiced by the trainees throughout the year.