fas sound engineering course

zero19

hey anyone here doing the course starting july 17th?

Spiritofeden

Hi
Where did you see the info on that course?
Is it just dublin do you know?
J

oneRoom

Hi Guys,
There is a Media Engineering course in the Galway Technical Institute that features Sound Engineering & Production in addition to Radio Programme Production.

Next Term Starts in September, So its not too late to apply
More info at www.gti.ie where you can apply.

Regards,
OneRoom.

zero19

its actually in tralee bud!

Seanie M

Anything closer to Offaly at all?

Seanie.

Patricide

I wont be there this year but almost certainly will be there next year, To my knowlege the majority of the course is in the jam factory studio ballyheighe.

Iv recorded out there twice for free now cause it gives experiance to the course people so its handy out. Good luck with the course man, who knows i might be seeing u somtime.

zero19

thanks bud, just did my first week, im loving it so far! the jam factory is excellent!

440Hz

How did this go? Is it running again? couldnt find any info about it? Course duration? Cost? etc etc

frobisher

If it's in Tralee I think one of the tutors may well be Dennis Lovett. He was manager of Sun Studio's in Temple Bar and is a great guy.

zero19

Yeah dennis really knows his stuff! Great guy for sure

zero19

My course started on the 17th of july,ends around may/june.Course is free,in fact your paid to do it (it's fas of course) you have to do an interview,only 18people are taken on for the year,around 150 applied for this last year so you gotta be lucky i guess.The course is in tralee,no where else in ireland with fas,you work between a proper recording studio owned by the lead singer of reamonn,the jam factory, and the tralee fas centre itself,i'd recommend it as it's a very good course.

frobisher

I'm delighted to hear that something like this has become available in Ireland. It's pretty amazing really. I trained in a similar kind of set up about 10-12 years ago in Scandinavia, it was brilliant. It's taken us time but at least we have it now!!

jimmythebollox

I'm pretty sure that the FAS sound engineering course in Tralee doesn't begin until october 10th. Has anybody here applied, and if so, have you heard anything about when the interviews begin?

Cheers

nillox

i was nearly finished the course in popphill studio in kildare when i heard about the fas course, wish i took the fas course, i woulda saved 5000euro.

440Hz

What was the feedback on this btw? I nearly signed up this in its first year. Was trying to find a job after doing my Mus Tech course and thought it could have been a good way to get industry experience and make contacts for work. Curious to know what I missed!

Gumbyman

Great course. I did it the year before last. Denis Lovette is a sound man to be sure. Getting paid to do a course in the beauty of Ballyheigue that costs thousands in cruddy Dublin is a big plus! Same city and guilds qualification which is pretty handy.

Helix

Gumbyman wrote: »

Same city and guilds qualification which is pretty handy.

yeah, if you run out of jacks roll

nillox

they keep changing the starting date for this. thought it was in January, so was gonna do it next next year but now its in may....im most likely gonna be doin it. anyone else.

PaulBrewer

Seanie M wrote: »

Anything closer to Offaly at all?

Seanie.

Seanie,
There's a new course in Athlone IT combining Recording and Musical Instrument making.

Patricide

Not may, march from what i hear, my dad was the assistand manager of fas so i heard is straight from the horses mouth. They have to buy in a load of new equipment and there changing the course dramaticly to include more sound enginering for buildings and stuff(like how to design a room without mssive echo for hotels and the like).

All i say is i cant friggen wait for this to start so i can quit my job. Michael guineys is NOT fun.

jamtheman

hey mikel de guiney - irelands leading brand! nice! anyways i rang up the other day and the guy on the fone was so sound!!!:) but he didnt really know much!!!he told me to call back in a month to check on how things wer going!!! im praying i get it!!!i wonder are the interviews hard to get past!!! is there many pplz applying??

Patricide

yea apparently the interviews are hard alright cause its the only sound engineering course that fas does in the country, also theres only like 20 places. I was given the advice of not just saying you want to work with music but all types of sound or else you mightnt get considered.

jamtheman

ouch 20 places!!:mad:!! hopefully i get picked thanks for the tip, ill keep that in mind!:D!!! if it starts in march then it wont be long until the interviews!!!:eek:

Patricide

Id say so, that is if it doesnt get knocked back again. This course was originally meant to start in febuary like.

studiorat

There's plenty of options aside from FAS that don't cost the earth either. Coliste Dulaigh or whatever it's called, Bray institute in further Education, Bally Fermot etc.
Some of which will take you further that a City & Guilds. Two of them do a Higher National Diploma, which has a higher points value than the Level 3 City and Guilds. From this you can Jump to a Degree course in it's final Year.

A degree in Sound Engineering! Who'd uh Thunk it.

PaulBrewer

Interesting, in my opinion Producing/Engineering has relatively little that can be taught and therefore learned, that can make you 'good' as a Producer/Sound engineer.

The only stuff you can learn in College, from what I've seen in Ireland so far is enough to get you into the 'Stadium', but no more.

You've still to find the starting line , which direction round the track the race is........... and don't even think about the race itself!

nillox

i had an interview for this course the other day and it was horrible. they gave me a weeks notice to drop everything i was doing in cork and move to tralee. i know its not hard but it was really sudden and out of the way.
plus the ppl doing the interview were rude as ****. talking down to me and rolling their eyes at me for saying i wanted to get a qualification instead of having a job. definatly wasnt my fault cuz im quite the polite guy.
meh, doesnt bother me much. gonna do the course in mallow instead.

Patricide

Well that was the problem with my interview aswell, i said i would like to eventually get a masters in sound engineering and dennis'es jaw dropped. Apparently that was the wrong answer to give . O well still hoping to get it but i dunno now, that answer coulda destroyed my chances.

cornbb

Patricide wrote: »

Well that was the problem with my interview aswell, i said i would like to eventually get a masters in sound engineering and dennis'es jaw dropped. Apparently that was the wrong answer to give . O well still hoping to get it but i dunno now, that answer coulda destroyed my chances.

Chin up man, you never know how these things turn out

As an aside, I don't know of any masters courses in sound engineering in Ireland... UL, Trinity, Maynooth and a few others offer masters in music technology alright but thats a completely kettle of fish.

all the stars

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Seanie,
There's a new course in Athlone IT combining Recording and Musical Instrument making.

yeah, my friend knows the tutors... they aren't really sure what will be going on.. with course content ..

jamtheman

got a place!!! gota find a place ta stay now!!

Patricide

Also got a place on the course, Savage. Cant wait for it to start.

corkproducers

The only place you can do the interview is in kerry i imagine?
Could it be done in Cork?

This is totally last minute, but id nearly go for it anyway if there was a place left!

Hollaballoo

Does anybody have a link to a website with information about this course? I have been trying to find out more about it recently but not having much luck.

Patricide

Nope dont know any websites but if you have any questions feel free to ask me. I have just left the course to head back to college myself but id deffinatly reccomend it, the amount you learn is CRAZY!!!

PaulBrewer

Hollaballoo wrote: »

Does anybody have a link to a website with information about this course? I have been trying to find out more about it recently but not having much luck.

Well.....

If it's Fas


and it's in Tralee.


How's about calling Fas, Tralee? Or am I missing something?

Hollaballoo

PaulBrewer a previous poster said they rang and they weren't very helpful, sometimes it's just handy to look up a website and you can go back and look it up as often as you want...

Thanks Patricide... Did you find that the course was as comprehensive as the private courses on offer? Another poster said the tutors weren't too sure what the content of the course was going to be so this makes me think it might be quite basic and might not cover as many aspects of sound engineering as some of the other courses.

Patricide

Well i can tell you that the course is extremely comprehensive. During my time there i learned a load from live sound to studio to sound theory and there doing electronics in a few weeks so it pretty much goes into every aspect.

The only thing that might be a bit of a downside to you is that pro tools wouldnt be as used as much in the course, its leaning more twords logic 7 and 8 as there arent enough mbox's to go around. I used pro tools for a few weeks and couldnt stand the thing but its industry standard so if your serious about getting a job in a studio ask to be assigned to a protools station.

Somthing they also really go into is sound safety, and if i come out with nothing else from the course its how to look after me ears. Doesnt sound too entertaining but trust me if your in an industry where your ears are your tools its important as hell.

PaulBrewer

Hollaballoo wrote: »

PaulBrewer a previous poster said they rang and they weren't very helpful, sometimes it's just handy to look up a website and you can go back and look it up as often as you want...

Thanks Patricide... Did you find that the course was as comprehensive as the private courses on offer? Another poster said the tutors weren't too sure what the content of the course was going to be so this makes me think it might be quite basic and might not cover as many aspects of sound engineering as some of the other courses.

Ah, I'm only being a smartarse!

Really though, as it's early days down there it's unlikely there'll be enough spare effort about to make an up to date website. Keep bangin away on the phone.

Hollaballoo

Yeah you're right, guess it's no harm to pick up the phone

Thanks Patricide, that's useful to know about pro tools. Think i'll keep looking into everything that's available, I have a bit of time as I don't plan on starting a course until late next year/following year.

Patricide

The best way to get info is to call down to the fas office down in tralee town they gave me a good bit o info. Just keep on drilling into them and youl eventually get an answer!!