SAE Course

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Member Since: Jul 17, 2003

I was wondering if any one has done the SAE course i am looking at taking the deplomer course. tell me what you think

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Since: Sep 09, 2002


Jul 20, 2003 08:08 pm

what is that? just curious..

Member
Since: Jul 17, 2003


Jul 21, 2003 01:16 pm

oh SAE (Sound Audio Engenering) is a like a uni spechilsing in Sound Audio and Multi Media i will be doing a deplomer course there very soon.

Contributor
Since: Sep 09, 2002


Jul 22, 2003 02:46 am

Wow, wish I could afford something like that. I'm beginning to feel more and more that I want to do something with sound professionally. I've always known I wanted to do something with entertainment or the arts, from my early attempts at stand up comedy, to playing with old UNIX graphics arts programs at my mother's job when I was little.

there's a couple other members here doing something or another audio related in school. I think Jues and Alley Kitten are both taking music related courses, and i think Loki's getting some online courses too.

Member
Since: Jul 17, 2003


Jul 22, 2003 03:49 am

im in the same position as you are i know i wanted to do somthing in the entertanment area but didn't know what its only been about the last year that ive really got into audio and want to make it a profession aye.
Heres the site for SAE go cheak it out see what ya think.
www.sae.edu/

SM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic's
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Since: Jun 20, 2002


Jul 22, 2003 06:05 am

I've checked out that school I was looking at taking the online courses because i can't really up root form CA . I'm also will eb taking a few online courses from berklee ,and I'm taking a whole certificate program from AIA ( you see there adds in guitar world and such ) they campus is just down the road from me and they have a nice large hands on studio with a # of intern ship type slots. I've looked at a bunch of schools and I belive that with school and hands on experiance you can have a good understand of things. This is one field that school doesn't stand up to experiance , so you can have all the classes in the world and some guy that has worked at a studio with no formal schooling can beat you out of a possition .

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Since: Sep 09, 2002


Jul 22, 2003 07:45 am

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This is one field that school doesn't stand up to experiance


good point Geoff. I've heard from several people on the net, some of them Full Sail graduates (and drop outs heh heh) that they wished they'd just saved their $10,000 that they spent on school and bought GEAR with all that dough instead. They wished they'd taught themselves, cause really, this audio stuff isn't hard at all. It's just *art*, and with every art there's a certain degree of freedom. Everyone does it their own way and that's what makes it so fun. I truely feel that if I focus hard enough and learn as much as I can thru personal experience and thru the guidance of my friends IRL and here on the web, I can become a unique *artist* in the recording world, making a name for myself and attracting clients and/or employers with my skill, rather than a certificate.

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002


Jul 22, 2003 08:08 am

I have never been a big advocate of school beyond high-school, though I think up through high-school is VERY important, I have never attended college and never intend to. Though I have been to a few specialized classes for things like Oracle, Microsoft servers and such...

How does this relate you ask?

Well, let me tell ya. Class is only as good as the teacher teaching it. If you go to school that have teachers that only learned via the school THEY went to and have little real-world experience, ya, then it's worthless, but if you have seasoned pros teaching and advising you based on real-world senarios that learned from the school of hard knocks, then it could be a very compelling course.

However, class after class semester after semester would probably not be as fruitful as taking a week or two of accelerated courses covering exactly what you you want to learn. Those types of classes cost the same (or sometimes more) but it is less time for you to spend in class and more making music.

Just a thought...

SM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic's
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Since: Jun 20, 2002


Jul 22, 2003 10:07 am

DB that's exactly what i'm doing , I'm taking the accelerated classes , for one i don't have the time to "go" to school ( most of us have full time jobs) and my job makes it hard to take a whole lot of school , 2 i don't like to many teachers I'd rather get an intern-ship or something like that , or work with a pro for a week or 2 I bet i'd get more than a degree at one of the schools offer, but I do think that these classes are good for the fact is they help you understand all the math and science behind audio production . they teach you how the gear works and the reasons why . But you can get a good education for a 1.50$ in late fee's at the local library , it all depends on how importaint that peice of paper is to you . ther reason i'm going to school , well, the same reason i've always gone i like to learn and i do best with the self paced learn on your own deals , plus uncle sam is paying for it .

Member
Since: Jul 17, 2003


Jul 24, 2003 11:14 pm

What you guys have been saying is exatly right about experence being more important then the peace of paper.
But in NZ if you don't have any pecies of papper then you wont even be consided for a job. I want to make Recording my profession and i can't do that with out indesty quailfcations that are recnosied around the world.
The deplomer course is only 9 months so i don't look at it like a massive 5 year chunk out of my life. Not only is the course short but recording is what i love so i don't even conisder it as school any more as i am focosing on somthing i love to do.
Eventually im wanted to open my own studio very comunity bassed

Member
Since: Jul 25, 2003


Jul 25, 2003 09:48 am

I used to be a student at SAE in London, UK. I did the music technology course. Truthfully, its a very good course but a little on the steep sides. Your best bet is to join a recording studio as a tape op. The practical experience you get here is priceless, and you get to work with professional people.

Member
Since: Jul 17, 2003


Jul 26, 2003 09:03 pm

hey thanks for the advise what is a Tape op ??? how easy can you jain a position ???

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