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Audio Institute of America:
Based in San Francisco CA, Audio Institute of America (AIA) is an online music production school that provide a Diploma in Recording Engineering and Music Production to students throughout the United States. Designed for those wishing to start a professional recording or music production career, as well as home-studio musicians, most students take about 3 months to complete their course. However, there is no time limit. The Audio Institute of America is proud to be accredited by the Better Business Bureau, who have given us an A+ rating.

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Professional & Experienced Instructor:

Your instructor is Peter Miller - a music legend who is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Having toured extensively during the sixties with the Rolling Stones and The Beatles, he went on to build his own home studio and becoming a successful songwriter. A member of the Recording Academy for the past 20 years, Peter also votes for the Grammy Awards.

Convenient Online Learning:
This diploma is an online course which you can download onto your home computer. This convenient learning method means that you can learn at your own pace, around your work or family commitments. Designed by professionals with extensive industry experience, this course is constantly updated to reflect the latest technology, from GarageBand to Pro Tools and everything in between. It provides the most informative, in-depth, and accurate information you will ever read, written by some of the country's leading recording engineers.

Learning by doing is the best and most effective way to learn new skills. In this course, you will benefit from actual hands-on experience with your instructor through the use of Action Videos throughout the lessons. It doesn't matter which recording software or equipment you use, our course works with them.

Online Diploma in Recording Engineering and Music Production:

- How to use recording software
- Setting up a home studio
- Mixing and mastering
- Digital recording techniques
- Setting up your own record label
- How to record great sounding vocals
- Digital audio workstations
- How to be a master producer
- Using various plug-ins
- MIDI recording
- Songwriting
- Song publishing
- Copyrighting your work
- Advertising and networking
- Internet resources & more...

We also provide career guidance as well as placement assistance

Student Testimonials:
GRAMMY WINNER!  "I was a student of AIA in the year 2003. I received a Grammy for the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" and I am now a member of the Recording Academy. I had been working as an Audio Engineer for 5 years before i got to know about AIA. Once i did the course with you, i realized what i had been missing until then - my basics. The core structure of the course was very unique and it has helped me shape up my career as an Audio Engineer and i see the benefits of it to this day. Thank you AIA."
- P.A. Deepak, Visakhapatnam, India - Mix Engineer and Music Producer

"The tone of the writing is easy to read and the course is wonderfully engaging. Everything is easy to understand and straightforward."
- Amanda K. Berger, Poulsbo WA

"GREAT JOB! FANTASTIC! I absolutely love the course and it actually has given me the confidence that i can learn this stuff.  I registered for another course "audio masterclass" and it was so dry and technical that i thought i am just incapable of learning this stuff.  Your course however is made for normal people and also the way it is constructed actually creates a real life atmosphere.  It feels as if i am really in a serious studio working already."
- Sean Burns, Columbus OH

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Address: 814 46th. Avenue, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
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