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Pulse recording college

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  • #52
    TelePaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭TelePaul


    noodle650 wrote: »

    there is BUCKET loads of work there for those willing to do it.

    Interesting, this is the first time I've heard that said here. Care to elaborate?


  • #53
    noodle650
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭noodle650


    well im booked up with gigs until august 3rd but more is sure to come after that. Thats involving Céilís, Festivals, venue engineering, local festival gigs and gigs for various bands my friends have going. All payed of course and callbacks are almost guaranteed.


  • #54
    noodle650
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭noodle650


    To be honest its Recording studios that are seeing huge dips in work flow unfortunatly.

    which is a pity really, as we have quite a few good ones here.


  • #55
    DamagedTrax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    TelePaul wrote: »
    Interesting, this is the first time I've heard that said here. Care to elaborate?

    i personally wouldnt go as far as to say bucket loads but im fairly booked up myself at the moment too between studio work and nixers at home..

    could change in a blink of the eye though.


  • #56
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Been following the conversation here and am thinking about doing the part-time diploma along with an unrelated course in a different college.

    Just wondering of how much benefit the course would be when I could spend say 6 grand on gear and learn it myself instead of going to Pulse.

    Is it worth it or is the former option preferable? I've heard people on here advocating going (and learning) it alone.


  • #57
    DamagedTrax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    flyswatter wrote: »
    Been following the conversation here and am thinking about doing the part-time diploma along with an unrelated course in a different college.

    Just wondering of how much benefit the course would be when I could spend say 6 grand on gear and learn it myself instead of going to Pulse.

    Is it worth it or is the former option preferable? I've heard people on here advocating going (and learning) it alone.

    both options are viable solutions but if you're a total beginner i would advise getting stuck into some demo software first and seeing if you actually like it as a career choice (and while you're testing the demos have some random people shout viscious abuse at you to get that authentic studio experience).

    after that only you can make the decision. will you learn better by being thought or by teaching yourself is the question.


  • #58
    MilanPan!c
    Site Banned Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭MilanPan!c


    DamagedTrax wrote: »
    while you're testing the demos have some random people shout vicious abuse at you to get that authentic studio experience

    QFT


  • #59
    LittleRedFox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭LittleRedFox


    Hey DamagedTrax, just checked out your myspace, acidtechno sounds good:) As for a better band(and you've prob heard it a million times) I'd have to say, The Smiths!
    Anyho, down to brass tax, I'm and aspiring DJ with dreams of producing my own tracks. I would like to know how much of your production skills you had before doing the pulse course? When you finished could you, say, make a house track and a psych-trance track(if you wanted)? Just trying to get a feel for the technical skills I would have once finished in pulse. Also, I'm keen on the recording side of things to its just electronic music production is the be all and end all:)


  • #60
    seannash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,672 ✭✭✭seannash


    LittleRedFox wrote: »
    Hey DamagedTrax, just checked out your myspace, acidtechno sounds good:) As for a better band(and you've prob heard it a million times) I'd have to say, The Smiths!
    Anyho, down to brass tax, I'm and aspiring DJ with dreams of producing my own tracks. I would like to know how much of your production skills you had before doing the pulse course? When you finished could you, say, make a house track and a psych-trance track(if you wanted)? Just trying to get a feel for the technical skills I would have once finished in pulse. Also, I'm keen on the recording side of things to its just electronic music production is the be all and end all:)
    when i did my course in pulse i figured id be making killer tunes after the course was done.truth is the pulse course i did was way more geared towards tradtional recording techniques.it taught me how to solder,splice tape and kind of mic instruments.

    to be honest it wasnt what i expected and i learned more by buying software and making tracks in my bedroom


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  • #61
    DamagedTrax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    LittleRedFox wrote: »
    Hey DamagedTrax, just checked out your myspace, acidtechno sounds good:) As for a better band(and you've prob heard it a million times) I'd have to say, The Smiths!
    Anyho, down to brass tax, I'm and aspiring DJ with dreams of producing my own tracks. I would like to know how much of your production skills you had before doing the pulse course? When you finished could you, say, make a house track and a psych-trance track(if you wanted)? Just trying to get a feel for the technical skills I would have once finished in pulse. Also, I'm keen on the recording side of things to its just electronic music production is the be all and end all:)

    hey, i had my label and releases long before i did the pulse course. pulse wont teach you to write music, thats sometving you have inside you, which you perfect by understanding your chosen genres inside out.

    what pulse will do is teach you to use the tools to achieve this.

    personally i didnt go to pulse to learn to produce my own music and unless you're looking at the degree course in production it would be a foolish move to go to learn to produce.

    ill say it again:

    higher diploma course for studio/live engineers.
    degree course for theory/production.


  • #62
    ebaysellerrob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭ebaysellerrob


    I made a post about these courses in the last thread about sound courses maybe you should make it a stcky Im kinda getting sick of there being a new thread about it each week


  • #63
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    ebaysellerrob wrote: »
    I made a post about these courses in the last thread about sound courses maybe you should make it a stcky Im kinda getting sick of there being a new thread about it each week

    +1
    I've suggested an Education Sticky 100's of times. Happens every year...


  • #64
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    studiorat wrote: »
    +1
    I've suggested an Education Sticky 100's of times. Happens every year...

    That's true .... it is about time, especially as it's such an important issue.


  • #65
    kiddmx1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭kiddmx1


    i am in 2nd year in pulse at the moment and to say that there isnt a lot politics and favouritism involved is bull****. they have their "favourites" picked out since first year, and it doesnt really seem like some of the lectures are bothered anymore. a lot of the equipment is in need of repair and theres always some reason why its not working or even there that day. i like the course for what it can do but theres a lot of bull**** being told when you enrol, its not what they hype it up to be at all.


  • #66
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    kiddmx1 wrote: »
    they have their "favourites" picked out since first year,

    Is that because they're the best ?


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  • #67
    DamagedTrax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    kiddmx1 wrote: »
    i am in 2nd year in pulse at the moment and to say that there isnt a lot politics and favouritism involved is bull****. they have their "favourites" picked out since first year, and it doesnt really seem like some of the lectures are bothered anymore. a lot of the equipment is in need of repair and theres always some reason why its not working or even there that day. i like the course for what it can do but theres a lot of bull**** being told when you enrol, its not what they hype it up to be at all.

    i never seen favourites. what i saw was the better students getting ahead and rightly so. if someone is working their ass off and getting results then they deserve to be the ones getting the sessions in windmill 1.

    if someone sits back and expects things to happen they deserve nothing, doesnt matter how much you pay.

    thats how this industry is - the lazy ones and the untalented wont make it. its a simple cold hard fact.

    gear in there was always working. what exactly isnt working properly? maybe a compressor or a mic or two but thats everyday stuff for a studio. currently in our place we're down a 2500 euro amp, a cymbal stand, 2 compressors and a floor tom as they all need work done to them.


  • #68
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭GTE


    DamagedTrax wrote: »
    i never seen favourites. what i saw was the better students getting ahead and rightly so.

    +1

    Thats the way to make it.


  • #69
    gconnolly07
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭gconnolly07


    i go to pulse im in 2nd year at the moment, and i duno what your on about, the equipment in there pretty much always works the only thing ive seen broken is the odd mic and that which is normal everywhere, and theres plenty of others to use. and if someone isnt bothered working or turning up of course theyre not gona get any help. id recommend pulse to anyone and have mates lookin to go there next year. and what exactly do you mean by politics in there?!?!


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