Cape Audio College optional 2nd Year Diploma Course

Cape Audio College is proud to announce our 2^nd year Advanced Diploma course.

Due to the growing demands and constant evolution of the audio industry, students are required to become working professionals and valuable assets to the workplace provider as quickly as possible.

The optional 2^nd year Advanced diploma is open to all graduates and is devised to build on the already in-depth course work covered in the 1-year diploma course. In order to prepare students for the growing demands of the of the work place, they will be required to fulfill practical exercises devised by Cape Audio College working closely with industry professionals. The course also includes… the Pro Tools master class where students will learn in-depth production and trouble shooting techniques of this powerful industry standard Digital Audio Workstation.

Lectures will take place weekly where students will be taught advanced techniques in the following:

• Microphone placement

• Guitar and Bass Re-amping

• Musical Instruments

• Advanced Drum recording techniques

• Professional Drum tuning and setup workshop

• Pro Tools master class

• Location recording techniques

• Advanced dialogue editing and mixing

• Advanced Foley and Sound design

• Postproduction final mix

All modules will consist of an industry professional workshop teaching the students in-depth techniques.  The 2^nd years students will have exclusive access to Tin-Pan Alley studio as well ass exclusive equipment including microphones, amps and a drum kit provided by the Cape Audio College.

Digidesign Pro Tools is the industry leader in Digital Audio Workstations and is accepted as the industry standard both internationally and in South Africa. Covering a wide range of audio productions from music recording, post production, gaming audio and radio broadcast. Pro Tools has a wide acclaimed user base from Nine inch nails, Dr Dre, DJ Vadim, George Lucas, Timberland, Just Blaze, Placebo, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Jamiroquai just to mention a few.

The Pro Tools Master class Module curriculum will consist of the following:

• System configuration

• Preferences

• Advanced session layout

• Advanced view configuration

• Advanced workflow procedure

• System optimization

• Advanced MIDI techniques

• MIDI production with virtual instruments

• MIDI production with outboard

• Advanced Rewire techniques

• Sampling with software samplers

• Advanced recording techniques

• Advanced mixing and editing techniques

• Mixing with I/O

• Advanced routing

• Advanced fade techniques

• Combining plug-ins and outboard effects

• Advanced automation techniques

• Advanced group techniques

• Working with play lists

• Multi Quicktime video operation

• Working with short cuts

• Session interchange

• File interchange with other DAW software

• Dynamic voicing

• Hardware selection

• Plug-in selection

• System compatibility

• Working with Digitranslator

• Digidelivery

• Digi Design control surface integration

• Fault finding procedures

• Compensating for latency

• Navigation of Digi Designs web site

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