Semi-virtual, not half-hearted
Semi-virtual means the material is worked through online and the practice happens in person. It is neither distance learning where you are left alone, nor a conventional school: it is a deliberate combination of the two.
What exactly does “semi-virtual” mean?
Your physical presence is needed for the practical phases — everything else can be done from home, on your own schedule. This is not classical distance learning: we use the internet for communication and not only for downloading material, so contact with teachers and with the group is normal during the online phase too.
Why does this work in sound engineering?
Because today’s computers can do what a few decades ago needed a large and expensive studio. On a home machine you work on the same surface the studios use, so editing, mixing and structural decisions can genuinely be practised at home.
What cannot be learned at home: how a room sounds, what 20 centimetres of microphone position changes, and what it takes to build a multi-microphone setup that is also phase-coherent. That is what the practical weekends are for.
Seven steps from enrolment to practice
Study online, flexibly
You get your own access code to the learning platform. The material is available around the clock, so you can fit study around work and family.
Video and written material
The teaching videos show the operation; the written material explains the reasoning. Use them together: one is the "how", the other the "why".
Exercises and interactive tasks
There are several exercises and tasks each month. Some you solve alone, some in a small group — and the second kind also teaches professional argument.
Talking to your teachers
The platform has a forum and messaging. You can raise questions about the material under experienced supervision.
Practical weekends
On the three-day weekends, Friday to Sunday, you work in a studio environment: setup, recording, mixing, post.
Feedback
You receive a professional assessment of the exercises you complete. This is the most important feedback loop in the course.
Projects and practical experience
During the course you produce your own work. At the end you have not only knowledge but material you can show.
Online or in person?
It helps to know in advance what can be done from home and what you need to be there for.
- AT HOME
What you do from home
Theory, teaching videos, ear training, DAW exercises, editing and mixing tasks, webinars, consultation.
- STUDIO
What you need to be there for
Microphone technique, multi-microphone recording, systems work in practice, monitoring in a reference room, teamwork in the studio.
How does it fit around everyday life?
The concept is designed so that it can be completed alongside a job. That does not mean it is effortless.
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The online part is flexible
There are no fixed class hours: you decide when you move through the material. It does require regularity.
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The weekends need planning
The practical weekends are the only fixed points you have to set time aside for. We announce them in advance.
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A realistic expectation
Completing the monthly exercises takes steady work. Anyone who only prepares for the weekends falls behind.
The concept in short, on video
The short introduction video sums up how the training is put together.
Which course interests you?
The course pages set out the full curriculum, the practical components and the entry requirements.