Music Production & Audio Engineering School in Vancouver

Harbourside Institute Of Technology, Vancouver:
Harbourside Institute of Technology, Canada's newest and most advanced audio training institute, is located in the beautiful district of North Vancouver, BC. Harbourside has access to waterfront parks and enjoys a view of Downtown Vancouver across the Burrard Inlet.

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Harbourside Institute of Technology is accredited by PCTIA - the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (of BC). The Agency is given its authority by the Province of British Columbia, Canada, Ministry of Advanced Education.

Quality:
We are a highly specialized elite school that teaches within the environment of a world-class recording studio. Our instructors are highly successful and currently active professionals in the the recording industry. Our students receive personal attention in small class sizes (no bigger than 12) and train on the finest audio equipment, software and computers available. Our primary objective is to ensure that, by graduation, our students have achieved the level of proficiency and confidence required to enter the world of professional recording and music production.

Our partnership with Harbourside Studios and Digidesign creates a unique opportunity for students to encounter the real world of professional audio. Small class sizes assure students of the practical and personal attention that they need to excel in today's high tech environment.

We offer Full Time & Part Time Programs:

- The Full Time Audio Engineering and Music Production Program incorporates hands on training and small class sizes into a comprehensive sound engineering and music production program. This diploma program provides the education and experience needed to enter the world of professional audio production.

Other subjects covered in the Full Time Audio Engineering and Music Production Program include Record Production, Electronic Music and Beat Creation, Surround Sound Mixing and Mastering, Sound Design, Music Business, Sound for Film and New Media, Digital Post Production, Songwriting, Studio Design, Music Theory, Live Sound, and more.

- Introduction to Basic Recording Techniques - a 2 week Part Time Audio Engineering and Music Production Program providing 40 hours of integrated classroom theory and hands-on studio practicals. This program is available for students and hobbyists of all ages who wish to learn audio production basics. This introductory hands on course explains the basics of digital recording, loop and beat creation, mixing, sampling, and music production.

- Pro Tools 101 and 110 are certification programs using Digidesign's industry standard software. Pro Tools 101 focuses on the foundational skills needed to learn and function within the Pro Tools environment. Pro Tools 110 provides a more detailed look at the Pro Tools system. After completion of these courses students receive Pro Tools 101 and 110 Certification from Digidesign.

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