Sound is the heartbeat of attention, the invisible architecture of emotion. It makes
Sound engineering courses and colleges are cropping up dime a dozen but since its inception and through the years the AEMP course has developed into being one of the best sound engineering and music production courses in India. Rooted firmly in the principle of learning by practice SACAC is now counted as one of the best sound engineering colleges in India.
Over the course of the last decade, digital audio has steeped in the workflow in modern-day studios and audio production. Sound engineering in India, coupled with audio production has climbed up the ladder of acceptance as a critical and crucial cog. The music producers and sound engineers of today are neither restricted to a traditional workspace anymore nor are they battling deficiencies of being outside the studio.
Even the traditional boundaries of the various roles in the food chain of an audio production are dissolving into being more open. It is in the students best interest to be well versed with not just the bare bone sound engineering technology but also understands the artist’s take on the matters to be a well rounded audio engineer and music producer, which is clearly on its way to become the norm in the music and audio industry. The process of inspiration to execution can now be completed with tools that are available in Digital audio Work Stations (DAW) running on laptops. Even with such a tight integration, one thing remains common and that is the need for a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the craft.
The audio engineering and music production (AE & MP) course offered at SACAC is a full-time Diploma course and it aims to bring a curriculum that is designed for the music producer looking to carve a niche in the audio and music industry using the ever-expanding toolkit of digital audio. The course presents information in a systematic and detailed format from the basics of audio and sound to modules dealing with In-The-Box production covering aspects of DAW-based recording, mixing and music production. The studios at SACAC offer ample time and resources to students to practice the art of sound recording and music production on software such as Avid ProTools and Apple Logic Pro X. The students also get to work on the software of other developers such as Izotope and Fab filter. Alongside offering a firm grounding in the technicals, the conceptual and artistic dimensions of sound are also opened up through a focused module on sonic arts and interdisciplinary practice. SACAC aims to offer a sound engineering course that will train the students in the standard everyday practices of recording and production and scale up their professionalism to meet the expectations of the audio and music industry.
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5
Trimester
Incremental and in-depth
15
Months
Immersive Learning
50
Credits
Secured Proficiency
Curriculum
Semester 01
- Audio fundamentals, The nature of sound
- Acoustics and the home studio, the behaviour of sound.
- Digital Audio, introduction to DAW’s, Logic Pro X and ProTools
- Audio editing and workflow in DAW’s
- Gain Staging, Signal Processing, Dynamic and Modulation based effects
- Basic Electronics, Cables and Connectors
- Introduction to Microphones and recording techniques
- Recording and mixing workshop(s)
- Recording workflow and DAW templates
- Mix Deconstructions
- Introduction to western music theory
Semester 02
- Introduction to MIDI and Sampling
- Deconstruction of production and arrangement techniques
- DAW workflow continued and advanced techniques of audio management and processing
- Introduction to synthesis. Subtractive, Wavetable, Wave sync and FM synthesizers
- Vocal production, time and pitch correction techniques in Logic Pro X, ProTools and Melodyne
- Working with session musicians
- Mix Deconstructions
- Sound for film
- Western Music theory continued
- Hindustani classical music appreciation
- Multiple recording and sampling projects
- Sonic Arts and Interdisciplinary Practices
Semester 03
- Synthesisers continued, physical modelling, sample based, granular and additive synthesis
- Advanced MIDI functionality in Logic Pro X and ProTools
- Live Sound
- Multiple recording, production and composition projects
- Sound Design for film
- Music Business and Legal
- Final recording and production project; done in tandem with multiple producers involving composition / arrangement and mix mentorship
Eligibility
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent).
- Limited seats for undergraduates (10+2). Selection strictly on merit.
Highlights
- The review sessions for every project are one on one, detailed and focussed on identifying the line that connects the craft of production and engineering to the art of music and sound.
- One of the only curriculums in the country that offers an in-depth look at the music systems of both western harmony and hindustani classical and the learning is augmented by projects conducted to better the understanding and application of the system
- An intensive 2-month long “mentor” project closes the year of learning with one on one sessions with mentors for composition, arrangement, recording, production, mixing and mastering.
- The module Void of Sound engages critically with sound as an interdisciplinary medium and its immense possibilities. The course with its weekly lectures and workshops by guest facilitators leading up to a collaborative project has been designed to open up the vast field of sound arts and creative practices around listening.
- Regular sessions on various forms of contemporary art practice by visiting practitioners, along with curated film screenings, further inform and expand the creative journeys of the students at the audio school.
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