Pulse or Sound Training Centre?

bermenstein

Hoping to get some information from past students of either Pulse or STC.

I want to do the Music Technology course in 1 of these studios, so I am looking for as much help & advice as possible.

Pro's & Cons etc..?

Any bad experiences?

What are the teachers/lecturers/tutors like?

Tnx in advance.

DamagedTrax

its a very close call as both offer pretty amazing facilities.

as a client id prefer to use pulse studios.. purely for the vibe if nothing else.

also pulse seem to have the edge on the training (im only going by what i can see from each testimonial)

end of the day its a close call.

PaulBrewer

bermenstein wrote: »

What are the teachers/lecturers/tutors like?

That's what it's all about - make sure the Lecturers have worked Professionally in the Industry beforehand ..... spare me the Sound-On-Sound Jockeys

bermenstein

PaulBrewer wrote: »

That's what it's all about - make sure the Lecturers have worked Professionally in the Industry beforehand ..... spare me the Sound-On-Sound Jockeys

That is very important to me that the lecturer's have experience and are not just past students out of the course.

bermenstein

is 34 too old to be doing the course?
Any other Aul'fellas/aul'ones goin back to school?

PaulBrewer

You're never too old to learn ...... or, if you stop learning you get old.

2 Epigrams so early in the week .

bermenstein

PaulBrewer wrote: »

You're never too old to learn ...... or, if you stop learning you get old.

2 Epigrams so early in the week .

Tnx for the vote of confidence

jtsuited

I know timmy&tommy are lecturers in the STC sourse.

They're well experienced in the world of dance music anywho.

studiorat

bermenstein wrote: »

That is very important to me that the lecturer's have experience and are not just past students out of the course.

A bit of experience in teaching might be good too. Not everybody who attends these courses wants to be a professional sound engineer...

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

want's

yea?

studiorat

PaulBrewer wrote: »

yea?

???
if it's the typo you're on about you'd better have a look at the rest of the posts while you are at it.. Never too old... is a maxim.

I had in mind a complaint from a student at one of these places saying that tutors were spending time in another room working on their own stuff when they were supposed to be supervising the students in their practical work.

I used to think you needed to be a dyed in the wool old school pro to teach music tech., but working with some guys who've done Masters Degrees in the subjects have shown me otherwise. These guys have a much better approach to the students and the course content than some of the 'pros' I've witnessed.

The ol' industrial yarns and war stories might pass the time better, but the actual courses have a much broader outline than just studio operations.

Poppy hill could be worth a look as could Ballyfermot and Bray, Athlone, Tralee blah, blah, blah.

Einstein

The city and guilds course is pretty good tbh.
Place in Kildare (if you have transport) is superb.

http://www.poppyschool.com/Homepage.html

Also got International Training Centre Of The Year award for 2008 from the Institute of Music & Technology, London.

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

???
if it's the typo you're on about you'd better have a look at the rest of the posts while you are at it.

I had in mind a complaint from a student at one of these places saying that tutors were spending time in another room working on their own stuff when they were supposed to be supervising the students in their practical work.

I used to think you needed to be a dyed in the wool old school pro to teach music tech., but working with some guys who've done Masters Degrees in the subjects have shown me otherwise. These guys have a much better approach to the students and the course content than some of the 'pros' I've witnessed.

The ol' industrial yarns and war stories might pass the time better, but the actual courses have a much broader outline than just studio operations.

Agreed, but I do think in order to teach it well you need to have done it, otherwise what exactly are you teaching?........... and why?

This is a strength your course has, you've been there and can run the ladder between the page and the real world.

studiorat

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Agreed, but I do think in order to teach it well you need to have done it, otherwise what exactly are you teaching?........... and why?

This is a strength your course has, you've been there and can run the ladder between the page and the real world.

But we're not just teaching studio operations for the Btec and City and Guilds anyway. There's a whole load of other stuff, that you or I never knew about back in the day, health and safety, business practice etc, music theory on and on. It took me a long time to get to grips with the paperwork alone to keep in touch with students progress too.

I mean education is a complete aspect to the industry in itself these days. I work with 2 guys with masters and one with a Phd, actually that's 2 with a phd and they are well capable of teaching the city and guilds or the btec, nevermind show you or me a thing or two. I had to adjust to the academic environment aswell.

BTW annual career crisis over again. album starting end sept!!!

PaulBrewer

Aye, but my comment was in term of the OPs question. I appreciate the necessity of the other stuff, health and safety etc.

(To digress momentarily, there was the guy who put a 3 pin mains plug on the female end of an XLR to XLR for a laugh.... and lost his job)

But in order to teach what the job is one must know what the job is. In my opinion there's only one way to know that.

bermenstein

tnx for the input people. Some food for thought there.

nessymon

bermenstein wrote: »

is 34 too old to be doing the course?
Any other Aul'fellas/aul'ones goin back to school?

not at all - i did the course in pulse when i was 24 - i'm 35 now and about to start a degree in dcu - got work no problem after pulse too