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Engineering Courses!
Studio C
Want to become a Recording Engineer or Professional producer?<br> Want Professional Results from your project studio?<br> Want better control over the outcome of your recording sessions at major studios?<br> Read on to find out more.
Hands-on training, Learn by doing, Beginners welcome, small classes, microphones, consoles, compressors, equalizers, effects processors, speakers, digital recording Studio C Rack
Learn everything you need from our industry experts to become a successful recording engineer at a fraction of the cost and time elsewhere! Many students arrive here because they do not want the added time and cost of unnecessary classes required in a university system. At Bristol Studios, you will study under experienced engineers who are also trained educators. Statistically, our students excel because an accelerated and personalized course like ours coupled with an engineering internship, also available at bristol Studios, rockets them up to the professional standards needed to get hired in the industry.
Studio B! Engineering I: Whether your interested in the latest computer based recording or traditional techniques, you'll need to learn your basics. They hold true for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Get solid 'hands-on training' and really learn by doing! The engineering I course is for beginners and intermediate level students. Classes are small and tailored for the level of students attending.
Engineering 2: Once you've got a good grasp of the fundamentals as taught on engineering 1 you'll want to get into all of the latest electronic and computer based recording. hard disk recording basics, Sampling and MIDI are the basic areas covered. You'll dip even deeper as you get into editing, computer based effects, looping samples, and production concepts. The course length is ten two hour classes.
Engineering Courses 1 & 2 include training in our 24 track recording studio utilizing ALESIS ADAT recorders, SONY and TASCAM DAT recordiners, Panasonic/Ramsa 32x8 digital recoridng and mixing console, ProTools Mix24 system, Digital Performer, Roland VS1680, 3 Roland VS-880 Digital Workstations, a wide array of Roland, Lexicon, Eventide, Yamaha and Alesis effects processing equipment including a Roland R-880 digital reverb, 4 macintosh workstations, digidesign Sound Designer, Bias Peak, and much more!
Learn a good balance of fundamental recording theory and skills by getting instruction in all of the basic concepts of recording as well as practical application. In the ten two hour class periods you'll discover basic technology of recording including microphones, mixing consoles, compressors, equalizers, effects processors, speakers, recording and mixing techniques. Engineering 1 class
Classes start with basic acoustic principles, microphone theory, use and placement. Then you'll study consoles, patch bays, and signal flow, resulting in an understanding of these elements and the ability to apply that knowledge. Moving ahead you'll learn how to confidently operate multi-track tape machines, DAT and cassette recorders and proper signal levels to each. Once you're ready to record you'll cover equalization, compression & gating as well as the pros and cons of recording with and without these processors. Finally when your material is recorded you learn the standard tricks of the trade in mixing and sweetening your tracks.
ProTools
ProTools: ProTools is the state of the art Hard disk recording system created by the company Digidesign. It is what most industry professionals are now using. At Bristol Studios it is our mainstay system and we are experts on it, producing recordings for everyone from Yo Yo Ma, Meatloaf, Sun Micro Systems to audio for major motion pictures as 'The Art of War' starring Wesley Snipes. Once you complete Engineering 1 & 2 you'll quickly grasp all of the concepts of ProTools and gain the confidence you need to succeed in this field.
ProTools 2: For students already familiar with ProTools. Learn advanced tricks for mixing & editing, total recall automation and elements of 'speed production'.
ProTools 3: Learn mastering in ProTools, creation of templates for 'speed production', advanced automation of plugins and creation of 3-D audio fields.
Now Available! Production Courses! Learn how the industries' top producers compose, arrange, record, edit and mix in the studio. The course also teaches you how to create complete commercially successful songs from smallest ideas and also how to bring an artist's total vision to fruition.
Production 1: For those fluent in sound engineering concepts and techniques. Learn how to start and finish songs, tools of produciton, rules of production, composition, arrangement and some music theory.
Production 2: Learn Advanced production techniques used by popular producers of today and yesterday. Also learn the modules of production.
Digital Performer: Quickly becoming one of the most widely used hard disk recording sustems! Learn how to set up a DP system, how to use MIDI in DP, Plugins, recording, mixing, mastering and production using Digital Performer by MOTU.
Reason 2.5! Learn reason 2.5 from the pros at Bristol Recording & Voice Studios
Reason is the wave of the future in music production, and you can get up to speed in no time with our comprehensive course. Learn everything from basic setup to advanced production techniques.
Reason is an infinitely expandable music workstation on a CD-ROM, complete with its own real time sequencer. Everything you need - Synths, Samplers, A Drum Machine, Mixing Board, & Effects- to produce virtually any style of music.
Billboard award winning producer/songwriter/studio owner Ric Poulin has used Reason to produce the latest, soon to be hit tracks for Boston's hottest rising pop sensation JADA. Come and see for yourself why more and more industry moguls are using this all in one program to produce the hits of tomorrow. Call Craig at 617-247-8689 to schedule a tour of our facilities, check out our setup, and find out more about this brand new course offering. Reason 2.5 back view
How good are we at this? Reason is currently sponsoring our JADA international Remixathon Contest! For more info check out www.jadamusic.com
Our Courses get results! Nearly 100% of our graduate interns end up working in the industry! many interns get hired before they a chance to complete our internship! The engineering internship standards are high and by demanding excellence both technically, administratively and as a team member you'll be transformed into a valuable prospective employee for any recording studio in the world! Contact Craig Burger to register for courses or for more information about courses or our internship program.
'I felt the recording course I took at Bristol recording Studios was by far one of the best production courses I have ever taken. The teacher made a complex subject easy and explained things in a way that I could understand. I got exactly what I wanted out of the course and more. I had taken similar classes at [a very prestigious music college in Boston], and I would recommend the Bristol course over the intro to production class I took at [the other learning institution]. After taking the course at Bristol, I am now capable of walking into a studio and making a recording using the required equipment.' -MK
'The staff at Bristol has given me that dream and opportunity to succeed in the music business. With their training I have boosted my ability as a musician and now as an engineer and producer.' -BG


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