Audio Engineering & Production

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Course Duration

12-18 Months

Program Delivery

On Campus

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Earn Your Diploma in Audio Engineering & Production

Sound enriches our lives and our audio engineering production curriculum is your direct route to a career in the vibrant audio industry! As Western Canada’s foremost audio college, College for Arts and Technology offers two Audio programs to kickstart your career!

The 12 month Audio Engineering Fundamentals program offers you the opportunity to learn the essentials needed to master music production in our state-of-the-art recording studio. If you’re looking to really hone your skills even further, our in-depth, 18 month Audio Engineering & Production program offers applied theory and hands-on learning opportunities to truly launch your career in audio!

Audio Engineering & Production

College for Arts and Technology’s 18 month diploma in Audio Engineering & Production is a masterful blend of foundational theory and applied techniques to get you the mix of abilities needed to thrive! Through hands-on classes taught in our dedicated audio classrooms or recording studios, you’ll learn the full spectrum of skills needed to thrive including:

Industry-Standard Software – Pro Tools & Ableton Live
Music Theory & Song Writing
Production, Sound Design & Track Creation
Practical Setup & Teardown of Live Sound Systems
Using Microphones to Record Live Artists & Instruments
Dialog, Music, & Effects for TV and Film
Stereo & Surround Mixing for both Music & Film with Proper Delivery Specs
Video Game Audio, including Middleware & Game Engine Software
Career Management, Including Self Marketing & Promotion

Audio Engineering Fundamentals

College for Arts and Technology’s 12-month Audio Engineering Fundamentals program focuses on the skills and techniques required to master the mixing board. In just 12 months, you’ll dive into this engaging industry, learning the fundamental skills to kickstart your career including:

Fundamental technical and theoretical skills in microphones and professional recording
Music theory including song trend analysis
Industry-standard software – Pro Tools and Ableton Live
Practical audio production skills including mixing and mastering
Song arrangement, production and track creation
Professional skills, work habits, and career management
Music for TV and film including post-production
Video game audio middleware Wwise

Our Grads Power the

Arts & Tech Economy

CAT’s creative and technical programs are directly connected to a creative sector that makes a $6 Billion contribution to the British Columbia economy every year. Graduates from our 2D and 3D animation, filmmaking, graphic design, audio engineering and other programs are among the over 120,000 skilled arts and tech workers employed provincially in this vibrant, constantly growing ‘creative economy’. Over the years, hundreds of CAT animation graduates have made their mark on the industry, contributing their skills and creativity to numerous award-winning projects. Industry accolades include five Oscar-winning works and over 40 movies, TV shows and games that have garnered Emmys, BAFTAs, and Game Awards including Game of Thrones, Fortnite and Spider-Man: No Way Home just to name a few!

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Industry Connections

Professional audio engineers as your Instructors and mentors.

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Let’s Get You Working!

Well-rounded, focused curriculum to get you successfully working as quickly as possible.

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Degree Pathway Options

Established pathway with University of Gloucestershire in England.

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Top Tech

State-of-the-art technology, facilities and equipment in dedicated studio and post production classrooms.

Here’s How You’ll Build Your Audio Engineering Skills
Q1
In this quarter, you will learn the fundamental technical, theoretical, and creative skills necessary to work in the audio industry. You will study the basics of music theory, microphones, and basic recording, as well as DAW functionality in industry standard software Pro Tools and Ableton Live. This knowledge will become the basis for the remainder of the program. 
Q2
In your second quarter, you will continue to learn intermediate microphone and recording techniques, by conducting your own recording sessions under supervision from your instructors. You will explore practical audio editing skills that are used for performance correction and enhancement, as well as advancing your ability to create simple song arrangements and productions. This quarter also branches out in the world of synthetic sound design and track creation. 
Q3
In your third quarter, you will develop your understanding of the professional skills, work habits, and attitudes expected by the commercial recording industry. This will include client interaction, working in teams, and delivering high quality work on a tight deadline. Live sound reinforcement is introduced, with practical setup and teardown of complete sound systems. The quarter rounds out with a focus on song arrangement and song writing within a DAW, including analysis of popular songs and song writing trends. 
Q4
In your fourth quarter, you will use various techniques learned in your previous quarters and apply them to more advanced topics such as Post Audio. Sound for TV and Film becomes a main component of this quarter, including ADR, sound design, and foley, as well as film scoring and music soundscape creation. This quarter also includes career management and music industry classes that help students understand the business side of making and marketing music. Through all of this, music creation and track production is still included and developed further.
Quarter 5 (18 Month Program Only)
In quarter five, you will continue to develop your practical skills related to the roles involved in film and TV post-production audio, including ADR, foley, sound design, as well as 5.1 mixing. Students will also learn about on set location audio and working with film crews and actors. Students will also explore more advanced audio topics, like mixing and mastering, and more advanced synth sound design.
Quarter 6 (18 Month Program Only)
In the final quarter, students use all the skills learned to fine tune their own portfolios, with a large final project. Advanced recording, mixing, and mastering classes will help the students to craft release-ready productions. Students are also mentored heavily in this quarter to help them find their unique selling point and help guide them on their career path.  
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Small class sizes mean you get more facetime and critical feedback from your education team, to achieve real growth and success.

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