| What do you think of when you hear the term | | | | available for students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Recording School? Possibly not what the term really | | | | You can check their Web site for more data: |
| means. | | | | Another such school that has campuses in Austin |
| Austin recording schools are where you go to learn | | | | would be the Media Tech Institute. Their education |
| the industry of Audio Engineering in Austin. By definition, | | | | style is the mentor/apprentice approach as well. The |
| an audio engineer is a person who manipulates sound | | | | Recording Arts Program will instruct you everything |
| through mechanical (analog) or digital means. When | | | | from the fundamentals, to advanced analog and digital |
| you say controlling sound, it can mean a few things. | | | | recording techniques. All aspects of the profession of |
| Audio engineers are those responsible for getting your | | | | audio engineering is covered by this program. The |
| favorite band's sound onto an iPod or CD. The person | | | | Program takes about 44 weeks to finish. |
| designing the equipment sounds are recorded on is the | | | | You can have more info here: |
| audio engineer. In films, hearing the things the | | | | It will be very rewarding when you work as an audio |
| characters say, the door slamming, those are created | | | | engineer in Austin, Texas. There are certainly other |
| and recorded by an audio engineer. | | | | places to work in this field, but the music scene is |
| If this is the field you're interested in, do not worry if | | | | Austin is great. The PBS Show, Austin City Limits, has |
| you don't happen to live in New York, Chicago, or Los | | | | been in production there since 1975. The show profiles |
| Angeles. If you live in Austin, Texas, you are in the right | | | | established singer-songwriters and applauded |
| place to learn. | | | | newcomers perform country, blues, rock, folk, |
| There is a school known as the Recording | | | | bluegrass, and related styles of music from Studio 6A |
| Conservatory of Austin. With the use of a one-on-one | | | | of public television station KLRU (formerly KLRN) at |
| mentor/apprentice program, you get to learn the | | | | the University of Texas at Austin. |
| fundamentals of audio engineering. The Basic Audio | | | | Austin, Texas is a good place to be if you are into |
| Course takes about 6 months to finish. You will work | | | | music, and sound. Check out one of the two Austin |
| on three major projects with your instructor during this | | | | recording schools discoursed here, and who knows, |
| time. And you'll be scheduling more time for critical | | | | you might be the person who records one of the |
| review and discussion with your instructor as you get | | | | hottest new acts. |
| to learn more advanced techniques. Studios are | | | | |