Media Engineering Sound Production Courses?

DannyKing

Hello guys, I'm new here but seems like its full of usefull information. I was just wondering if any of you guys could recommend a good course in ireland aimed at music production, Sound Production, or Media Engineering Courses?
I know of the one in Galway Technical Institute which I am very interested in as I am living in Galway but would like to keep my options open. Any help with this is hugely appreciated. Thanks.

Mars Bar

Would you be willing to go straight to college rather than do a PLC? I'm currently doing the Music Technology and Production course in Limerick Institute of Technology. It's tough but thoroughly enjoyable...I would recommend it highly and he facilities are top notch.

It takes just under two hours to get to Limerick from Galway so it's not a bad journey at all...

studiorat

Queens in Belfast is probably the best one around..

DannyKing

thanks. i might look into limerick. although if i am studying full time the expense from galway to limerick everymorning may be a bit steep. well see. yeah id like to go straight to college. I have done part time courses in the past and have some experience, but theres only so much you can do on your own. thanks for the quick replies.

Mars Bar

studiorat wrote: »

Queens in Belfast is probably the best one around..

I heard that was useless...I'd almost stay away from any of those courses in the Universities.

Danny, why would you be going up and down everyday? There are two student villages down here...

studiorat

I wouldn't be too sure about that. The Sonic Arts Research Centre is a very serious facility

The lab can be configured for a wide range of acoustic responses e.g. at 1kHz the reverberation time of the space can be made to vary from 0.4 – 2.3 seconds. This is achieved through a series of 48 acoustic absorbers which can be raised or lowered to expose or cover each of the walls. There are two mechanical pulley systems per wall and each pulley controls 6 absorbers. Additionally there are over 300 portable absorbers available for distribution across the structural floor or the top of the ceiling panels

Five studios each designed bu ARUP acoustics??? A TC 6000 system, Neumann, DPA, Schoeps, Sennheiser, AKG and Soundfield.

Times Higher Education Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts.

Nothing else like it in Ireland anywhere...

http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/main.php

artvandulet

Well I did a course called Media Engineering. It was more then 10 years ago but was good. Hey, I'm working in the industry so it did something!
Just called Music Technology now.
http://www.kylemorecollege.ie/mtc/music_technology.html

Mars Bar

studiorat wrote: »

I wouldn't be too sure about that. The Sonic Arts Research Centre is a very serious facility

Five studios each designed bu ARUP acoustics??? A TC 6000 system, Neumann, DPA, Schoeps, Sennheiser, AKG and Soundfield.

Times Higher Education Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts.

Nothing else like it in Ireland anywhere...

http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/main.php

I'm not faulting their facilities at all. Sounds impressive in fact! However, you won't be able to use their fancy shizz of you aren't taught how to use it. How are their course modules relevant? How good are the lecturers? You could learn all this and work on gear still not quite as good as what they have in Queens and you'd be grad. But if you don't know it, you won't be able to work on crap or good gear.

Anyway, I believe the OP wants to stay close to home so...:D