Sound Recording & Music Production

Develop fundamental skills in Music Technology to create and hone your unique sound. (Limited places !!!)

Description

This course is the perfect starting point for professional and aspiring musicians seeking to gain fundamental skills in various key areas of Sound Recording and Music Production.

In this practise-oriented course, participants will be studying hands-on in the RIAM music technology lab and studio.

 

Course Content: (Schedule is subject to possible adjustments)

Over the 8-week course duration you will learn how to:

  • Week 1: Thu 8th October - Introduction to DAWs, MIDI and recording, learning virtual instruments​
  • Week 2: Thu 15th Octtober - Building DAW fluency and MIDI editing, rendering audio to a file
  • Week 3: Thu 22nd October - Introduction to microphones, audio interfaces, recording audio and basic micing techniques​
  • Week 4: Thu 29th October - Audio recording cont'd, field recording, layering and production techniques​
  • Week 5: Thu 5th November - Editing recordings and adding audio effects, production techniques cont'd
  • Week 6: Thu 12th November - Recording session (room TBC)​
  • Break: Thu 19th November - No session (Opportunity for participants to review class recordings and add to them/experiment with them in their own time)
  • Week 7: Thu 26th November - Mixing & mastering recordings in class from Week 6
  • Week 8: Thu 3rd December - Course recap, playing back finished recordings and distribution of finished music

 

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the course, you will:

  • Possess fundamental audio recording and production techniques
  • Know how to use MIDI to create musical arrangements with virtual instruments
  • Understand how to use an audio interface and MIDI controller to record
  • Possess the skills necessary to navigate and use a Digital Audio Workstation
  • Understand microphone types and when to use each
  • Know how to adapt production techniques from existing songs and productions
  • Have a completed professional quality recording
  • Know how to distribute your music online to streaming services

Prerequisites

Participants Age: 18+

 

Tutors

Alex Rosenberger

Alex is a producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and classically-trained pianist who holds a first-class honours master’s degree in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin.

Born and raised in Munich, Germany, Alex took classical piano lessons from the age of six and intensively honed her skills at the instrument for well over a decade. She soon harboured a keen interest in more styles of music, so she began to teach herself guitar, drums, bass guitar and ukulele in her teens, and also began vocal training at this time. She soon discovered and explored the unique qualities of her voice and, having moved to Ireland, continued this journey with specialised vocal work under the guidance of critically acclaimed vocalist Michelle O’Rourke.

Although Alex’ original academic background is in English Literature, her passionate musical endeavours in composition and music production, (specifically with her project ‘Holylight’), have enabled her to move to Dublin in 2022 and pursue the aforementioned M.Phil. at Trinity College Dublin with backing from the Max Weber-Programm, operated by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Under the guidance of critically acclaimed composers Dr. Ann Cleare and Dr. Enda Bates, Alex’ master’s project was centred around the unconventional use of vocals in a VR performance environment, and she graduated from Trinity College with first class honours in 2023.

Ever since then, Alex has been recording, releasing and performing music as Holylight and dedicated herself to working as a live and studio drummer for up-and-coming bands like Elishka Lane, drifting. and Conor Kinsella. She also works as a part-time music performance lecturer for the Bray Institute For Further Education, as a freelance AV technician for Dead Centre and CoisCéim Dance Theatre, and as a music teacher in Mezzo Music Academy. She strives to pass on her passion for artistic expression and guides her students to gently but surely push their own boundaries, cultivating a type of love and curiosity for music that transcends their instruments and carries over into their lives.

Testimonials

Here is what some of our previous participants have to say about the course:

"An amazing course experience." (Cathal)

"Excellent course. The content, as well as the course price, all combined made this a very enjoyable experience. Having been in the music scene 30+ years ago and to get back into music via this course was exactly what I wanted. I would 100% recommend this course." (John)

"Very interesting course, very well prepared content, detailed and interactive, with a lot of beneficial information." (Paula)

"Exceptional tutor with a friendly and approachable attitude and fantastic knowledge of the subject matter. He created a warm learning environment for all participants."  (Amano)

"Absolutely excellent and I learned loads! The highlight of the course was the recording Session in the Whyte Hall" (Roisin)

"Excellent, I now feel much more confident in approaching home productions" (Pat)  

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