Educational Overview

CORE ADVANCED Program Program

Recording Workshop's programs are expertly designed to cover the wide range of skills and knowledge involved in audio recording and music production.

Digital workstation and analog console operation, microphone selection and placement, tracking session setup and workﬂow, vocal comp and tuning, drum editing, post-production, mixing, re-mixing, mastering, sound design, restoration - these are just some of the studio skills learned by Recording Workshop students.

Learning to record, mix and Music business practices, live sound reinforcement, studio acoustics and design - are a few of the broader topics included in the curriculum. produce music at a professional The CORE and ADVANCED Programs both offer extensive practical level is the goal of training at experience in learning these creative skills. Recording Workshop. CORE Program - 5 weeks (180 hours) The CORE Program is the foundation for all Recording Workshop Recording Workshop teaches the skills needed to start a career as an audio students. It is highly immersive (5 days per week, over 7 hours per recording engineer, music producer or live sound engineer. These same day), and sessions are offered year-round with start dates every 7 skills are also vital for someone who wants to create their own music with full artistic control over how things will sound. weeks. Each day is a combination of two lectures and 3-6 hours of project work in the studio. The training is extremely hands-on and Our training is designed to accommodate students from a wide variety of creative. backgrounds - musician or non-musician, those who already own a project studio or those who have never been in a studio before. Recording ADVANCED Program - 2 weeks (80 hours) Workshop is ready to elevate the goals of anyone with a sincere passion to The ADVANCED Program is an optional extension to the CORE learn the recording arts. training that allows students to deepen their studio skills. The ADVANCED projects put increased demands on the students’ Our approach is very immersive and hands-on. Students spend more than shoulders as they handle all aspects of session work. The 7 hours per day, 5 days per week actively learning creative studio skills. ADVANCED Program is offered 7 times per year, and is usually taken in sequence right after the CORE Program. This concentrated approach lets the entire curriculum be completed in less than two months. It is time-tested and proven to be a superior way to prepare new music production professionals. • In less than two months, Recording Workshop students get more Since 1977, students from over 70 countries have traveled to our campus studio experience than students attending other schools that are to participate in the unique programs we offer. much longer and much more expensive. • Our programs start from square one, yet for students with Our studios are equipped with the latest digital production technologies background, our training is challenging and beneficial. Recording and the best of "old-school" analog. Our staff has deep expertise in Workshop is a very efficient way to fill in gaps for the professional guiding students in the engineering and production of all popular genres who is self-taught. of music. • Convenient, low-cost housing is available on campus within a short walk of all classes. Across the country and around the world, Recording Workshop graduates • College credit is available. For students working towards a degree, have worked with many of today’s biggest artists. Thousands of our grads Recording Workshop is an excellent supplement to classroom are working behind the scenes on movies, television shows and in just education. about any situation that needs skilled audio professionals

455 Massieville Rd, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 • www.RecordingWorkshop.com • ofﬁ[email protected] • 740-663-1000 © 2019 Recording Workshop LLC • Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools 80-07-0696T CORE Program

Music Recording & Audio Production CORE Program • 5 weeks (180 Hours)

Students in Recording Workshop's headphones set up is part of these CORE Program build a strong prep sessions too. foundation of skills and knowledge in music recording and audio Recording Sessions production. The bands start rolling in during the second week of the CORE Program. It is five weeks of concentrated Students apply the skills they learned training that emphasizes hands-on in the prep sessions, handing all the experience. hands-on duties of console and Pro Tools operation. Recording The curriculum is a combination of Workshop instructors guide the daily studio activities and lectures. workflow of the first few sessions, Sound-for-Picture Projects Lecture Topics making sure that students also learn Many Recording Workshop grads Equipment Design & Operation In the studio, students build their broader responsibilities that go pursue career paths in audio Control Room Signal Flow creative skills through numerous beyond knobs, buttons and faders. production for movies, television, Analog/Digital Conversion music and audio projects. After a gaming, advertising, and corporate Analog/Digital Signal Processing week of prep on gear operation, Successful recording also depends presentation. Equalization and Filtering students progress to recording and very much on dealing with creative Compression, Limiting, and Expansion mixing sessions. Sound-for-picture, personalities and practicing smart CORE students learn to record and Reverb and Delay editing, production and mastering and reactive workflow. Session mix narration, dialogue and foley Pitch Correction and FX projects are other parts of the hands- management is gradually put on the performances. Music beds and Microphones and Direct Boxes on studio experience. shoulders of students as they gain sound effects are additional audio Monitors and Amplifiers more experience. elements that students learn to The lectures in the first few weeks synchronize to visual images. Studio Techniques & Production directly prep students for their studio Production Sound & Hearing activities. In the later weeks, lectures Music production skills have greatly Restoration Recording Session Workflow explore broader areas of audio expanded as digital technology has Countless old tape recordings and Recording Drums and Percussion production and music industry provided new options. A song's vinyl records exist that still haven't Recording Guitars and Amplifiers topics. This expansion gives students arrangement, tuning, timing and made the transition into the digital Recording Pianos and Keyboards more insight into shaping future tempo used to be basically locked-in realm. As this music is rediscovered, Recording Vocals and Ensemble career goals. after recording. Now all of these it is often in poor audio condition Music Theory and Song Structure qualities can be endlessly changed with noise, clicks and pops. Mixing Session Workflow Prep Sessions to the point that production can be a Producing an Album Project During the first week, students learn method of song creation unto itself. Student Projects Sound-for-Picture Workflow the fundamental operation of analog In additional to outside bands Recording Voice Talent and Dialog consoles and Pro Tools systems. Mixing Sessions coming in, students form their own Recording Foley Work Signal flow is emphasized so Mixing is an art form that has few bands. During the first two weeks, Mixing Sound-for-Picture students gain a deeper rules and many approaches. Prep students have access to a rehearsal understanding that will help them mixing sessions take place in the room where they work out original More for the Well-Rounded Audio quickly adapt to other gear and second week where Recording song ideas or practice song covers. Professional software they'll encounter. Workshop instructors demonstrate a Mastering and CD Duplication variety of approaches that are used Soldering & Cable Repair Restoration and Forensic Audio Equalization, compression, limiting, by successful mix engineers. Being Fixing cables is the most common Project Studio Acoustic Design delay and reverb are other important able to blend dozens of tracks with repair task that Recording Workshop Project Studio System Design topics for the first week. Students clarity and spectral balance is held grads might need to do for their own Recording Studio Business Practices ramp up their initial signal up as the typical goal of a good mix. purposes, or as a job duty for an Live Sound for Clubs/Small Venues processing skills in the DAW lab. employer. Live and Location Recording Mastering Music Business Overview Microphone selection and placement CORE students learn to prepare Skill Testing and Mix Critiques Independent Label Operation are other fundamental skills. finished mixes for various During the last few days of the CORE Copyright, Music Publishing, and Students practice setting up for distribution paths such as CD or Program, students take part in studio Licensing drums, amps, vocals, piano and other vinyl, mono or stereo broadcast, or activities where they demonstrate Artist Development and Management acoustic instruments. Getting the compressed web content. the hands-on skills they've learned. Career Launch and Job Search

Music Recording & Audio Production ADVANCED Program • 2 weeks (80 Hours)

The ADVANCED Program enhances longer than in the CORE Program, the experience of CORE Program and teams see song projects through grads. With a strong foundation in from start to finish. The teaching style place, the finer points of production is different too. Our instructors can be more deeply exercised in sometimes refrain from talking in ADVANCED session work. technical terms, and instead approach the sessions like a non- Students become faster and engineering producer. This emulates smoother in hardware and software the real-world scenario where operation. They gain increased engineers have to interpret the confidence to tackle bigger projects. desires of a non-technical creative They gain more abilities in the role of partner. For some session work, these mixing sessions, our instructors Advanced Student Music Project music producer. The ADVANCED students take the lead on all steer the process in the role of In the CORE Program, student music experience is an effective bridge production decisions, with the heavily involved producer. And for projects lean towards a “band” between the working in an academic instructor stepping in only if there’s a other mixes, instructors pull back to approach to song creation. In the setting and the demands of the “real major problem. give students all the responsibility for ADVANCED Program, student music world”. outcome. projects utilize more MIDI production Advanced Production technologies that can supplement For students who want to build and After tracks are recorded, but before Advanced Mastering the “band” approach. operate their own studios, the final mixing, there are crucial Building on top of the experience in ADVANCED curriculum includes production steps that can make a the CORE Program, ADVANCED System Troubleshooting studio acoustics, DAW system design huge difference. Some are simply a students deepen their skill in Failure points are created in audio and setup. The program also teaches “clean-up” of the tracks that make preparing mixed material for delivery systems for students to find and fix. how to locate common points of the downstream workflow easier to to various distribution paths. Coached to use logical flowcharts failure in a recording system and manage and pass along. Other pre- iZotope’s Ozone software is the and the process of elimination, how to fix – skills that can save the mixing production processes can be primary tool used for these studio students get more skilled and faster day when things crash and burn. far more radical - taking those activities. at uncovering these problems. recorded tracks and twisting them The ADVANCED Program is offered into alternate versions that can give a Advanced Sound-for-Picture Room Tuning right after the CORE Program. Each song its defining signature. Project The interaction of audio monitors day includes extensive studio These classes build upon the project with room dimensions, surface experience along with lecture Advanced Mixing Sessions experience of the CORE Program. treatments and corrective signal activity. Having raised the bar during The ADVANCED sound-for-picture processing is measured and recording and applying any project is much more complex and optimized using reference Advanced Recording Sessions subsequent production processing, involves many more sound elements microphones and analysis software. ADVANCED students work with our the tracks are tighter and more needed for an extended movie most select bands. The sessions run polished for mixing. For some of scene. Mixing the audio in 5.1 surround is another distinction of this Lecture Topics advanced project. Advanced Recording Advanced Production Advanced Music Score Project Advanced Mastering Students create a music bed to compliment and enhance the Advanced Virtual emotional impact of a promo trailer Instruments for a video game in this extensive, Advanced Logic Pro X multi-part project. It features a deep Studio Design and emphasis on using virtual instruments and MIDI performance Acoustics loops. Students also gain skills in DAW System Design moving tracks between the DAW System Install and Setup environments of Logic Pro X and Pro Tools 12. System Troubleshooting

Universal Audio's Apollo is part of Pro Tools 12.5 is again the product the digital signal flow with their environment of choice. What sets Unison mic preamps and amazing Studio E apart is the integration of an DSP powered plugins. Their Avid ICON D-Command console. emulations of vintage analog gear is This board was designed from the widely considered as the best in the ground up to be the most direct way business. Additional mic preamps to access Pro Tools software with available in Studio C include choices tangible knobs, buttons and faders. from Audient, Rupert Neve Designs and SSL. DAW Lab Recording Workshop has a 6-station Pro Tools HD 12.5 is the primary DAW Lab that allows CORE and DAW being used for recording and ADVANCED students to extend their mixing in Studio C. In addition to the hands-on training to shorter and numerous stock plugins that come more focused "one-day" projects and with Pro Tools HD, there are special- learning exercises. purpose plugins such as Antares The Recording Workshop's campus The analog realm extends to the Auto-Tune 8 and iZotope RX 5. These stations have virtually all the is a big factor in what makes outboard gear, with select mic same software found in Studios A attending its programs a special preamps, EQ's, compressors and Studios B & D through D. Pro Tools 12.5, Logic Pro experience. limiters ready to be patched in. To Recording Workshop Studios B and X, iZotope Ozone 7 and RX 5, complete the analog picture, an MCI D are sister-studios with virtually Antares Auto-Tune, Slate Trigger… Great studios combined with close JH-24 2" 24-track tape machine is and affordable student housing also available when the right project identical gear and software. A key this extensive complement of maximizes the learning time per day. comes along wanting this vintage purpose of these two rooms to take software makes the DAW Lab a It's also just an excellent place to be - option. projects recorded in Studios A and C powerful place for students to immersed 24/7 within a musically and do additional production work sharpen their production skills. and final mixing. Pro Tools 12.5 is the creative community. Along with all this analog goodness, common thread found in all of these a Pro Tools HD 12.5 system is a vital Student Housing studios and this allows Recording The studios are designed and part of Studio A's creative toolkit. Workshop students to work on their Recording Workshop offers equipped to prepare Recording This analog/digital hybrid approach music projects moving from room to affordable student housing that Workshop students for music is extremely popular for major label room over multiple days. is within a very short walk to all production as it is practiced in music production. of our studios. successful facilities worldwide. Studio architect John Storyk Logic Pro X is another DAW found in Studio A designed Studio A's control and live Studios B and D, and Recording Options include modern cabins Analog still rules in Recording rooms. His approach to acoustics has Workshop students have additional shared by 4 to 6 students, and production and mixing projects they Workshop Studio A. A Sony/MCI 636 made him world-renown. Getting dorm-style houses with single tackle using this software. The MIDI large format console is the drum sounds in the live room is an or double room assignments. and Loop capabilities available in centerpiece of production. Students excellent learning experience for All are air-conditioned and have Logic are generally considered learn classic "old school" signal flow Recording Workshop students. kitchen/bath facilities. better suited for music creation than and the beauty of having onboard Miking a Yamaha grand piano is Cookware and utensils are those found in Pro Tools. EQ for recording. another essential part of the training provided, but students are in Studio A. The mic closet is well- responsible for their own meal stocked for all of the different Studio E Studio E is Recording Workshop's preparation, housekeeping, and Do you want to visit recording challenges encountered by Recording Workshop students. highly-specialized room for creating bed linens. Recording Workshop? Sound-for-Picture projects. We’d be happy to give you a Studio C A convenience store and The control room has 5.1 audio tour of our facilities and the Cutting-edge digital technology is laundry facilities are within easy monitoring, as well as a large central opportunity to talk to our staff. the theme of Recording Workshop walking distance. LED panel for viewing the visual Studio C. A Slate Pro Audio Raven We offer tours on weekdays at content being worked on. The live MTi multitouch production console Free Wi-Fi is available 11am and 2:30pm. Just call or room includes a foley pit that gives takes the center spot of operation. throughout the Recording email a few days ahead to Recording Workshop students Touch screens are coming on strong, Workshop campus. schedule. and the Raven product line is the recording experience in this area of leader at this stage of the game. audio post-production.

Is Recording Workshop training only offered Do I need a background in computers or What about transportation? Do I need a car? in Ohio? electronics? Having a car is convenient, but not needed by College Credit The educational experience we offer is It is expected that you will have basic students who live on campus. A convenience exclusive to one location. Our private campus computer skills on either Mac or Windows store is within a short walk of student housing, 12 hours of college credit can be is a creative retreat that has earned a world- operating systems. Right from the start of and students frequently carpool for more earned by taking Recording Workshop wide reputation in the music recording classes, you will need to be already familiar shopping choices in Chillicothe after getting programs. industry. Students from every state in the U.S. with basic concepts like mouse/keyboard to know one another. At the start and end of and more than 70 other countries have made usage and file/folder management. each program, we provide students with free the journey to Recording Workshop. We are However, having a background in electronics shuttle service to the Columbus airport and For over 30 years, Recording worth the trip. is not required to take our programs. We will Greyhound bus station. Workshop has worked with Capital introduce some electronics design concepts as University’s Conservatory of Music part of your classes, but as long as you can What will I have when I finish my training? (Columbus, Ohio) as a requirement for handle some basic arithmetic, you'll be fine. Students who satisfy all program requirements will be issued Recording Workshop several different Bachelor’s Degrees. What’s the daily schedule like? certification. You will also have a portfolio of A typical day of the CORE Program will your recording, mixing, and other media Students attending other colleges can average around 7 hours of scheduled production projects. Text materials, handouts, attend Recording Workshop and activities: 2 lectures at 90 minutes each, and 2 and a carefully constructed Performance or 3 studio classes at 90 minutes each. Classes Evaluation are also received. Most importantly, potentially earn credit hours too. start as early as 9am and can sometimes run you will have new friends, professional Capital University initially awards these past midnight on days when you're scheduled associates, and greatly expanded creative credits, which are then transferred to for tracking sessions. In between classes, skills and knowledge. other colleges. The CORE Program is students will have reading assignments and Does Recording Workshop offer job worth 9 credit hours, and the placement assistance? may also sign up for rehearsal time to work on What is the Recording Workshop campus We help our students pursue employment in student projects. like? ADVANCED is worth 3 credit hours. several ways. While they attend, students learn Our campus is nestled on a wooded hillside about hiring practices and methods of about 7 miles south of Chillicothe, Ohio (pop. approaching that first job. And Recording 25,000). The setting is laid back, but this is a Workshop provides quick response to good counterbalance to the very active reference requests for graduates being schedule of session work that students have. interviewed. Our placement assistance also Our studios and administration offices are includes a network of facilities that have held in one main building, and 12 housing historically used us for their hiring needs. This units and support facilities are also found on is a resource that expands as our alumni school grounds. become business owners themselves. Can I visit Recording Workshop? What is the background of most students? Certainly! We understand your need to check us out and we are happy to have you visit. We The student community at Recording What about financial assistance? Recording Workshop students take our Workshop is as fascinating as the training we accommodate visitors on weekdays with Federally backed student loans are designed scheduled tours at either 11:00am or 2:30pm. training solely for the purpose of working on offer. The average age is around 21 years old, for longer-term study and do not apply to the their own music. with most students being between 19 and 27. If you would like to visit, please call us a few short-term programs we offer. However, days before you plan to come (800-848-9900). There are always a few students in their 30s alternative funding is sometimes available What’s the earning potential of an audio and 40s too, and the 50+ crowd is often here through other government programs and professional? to show the younger ones how to keep it special interest organizations. Eligibility Although a few audio professionals make rocking. About 90% of the student population requirements for these financial assistance tremendous amounts of money, earning a is male, and about 5% is from outside the programs vary greatly. Contacting your local middle-class income is much more typical. In United States. About half of the class has a fair employment services office is the best way to general, working for a studio that leans amount of prior experience in recording or explore if any of these funding sources are towards commercial and corporate work offers live sound. available to you. a more balanced earning potential than a Another source of financial aid is the 57 Trust. purely music environment. And of course, This is a loan program designed to help those money made the first few years usually starts who have found it tougher to get assistance modestly, and increases with career growth in through traditional sources. What is different responsibility and position. Beyond the about the 57 Trust is that it enables students to How can I use this training? rewards of money, audio professionals can stand on their own two feet and get approved Recording Workshop grads are prepared for a enjoy great personal satisfaction in the - no co-borrower needed. An application is variety of entry points into pro audio. The creative work that they do. available on our Financial Aid page. traditional example would be starting out as an assistant at a music recording studio. But Where can I look for work? What are the campus housing options? grads are also found at studios that specialize Historically, a higher concentration of studios We offer several affordable on-campus in television and film, commercial advertising, doing major label music projects was found in housing options, all within a one minute walk corporate presentation, game software New York, Los Angeles and Nashville. This is Do I have to be a musician? of classes. Choices include dormitory-style development and more. Another career path still somewhat the case. However new Having some basic playing skills is helpful, but housing with single/double room is live sound. Our graduates are behind the technologies are letting high quality not required. You should have a deep assignments, and modern cabins that are boards at clubs, concert halls, churches, production be done without the big gear appreciation for music, and a willingness to shared by 4 to 6 students, all with bath and theaters, and theme parks across the country. investment, so there is a dramatic spreading explore all styles. About 2/3 of our students kitchen facilities. Cookware and utensils are Many Recording Workshop students pursue out of where creative types can live and play an instrument, sing, or write songs. All provided, but students are responsible for self-employment as their immediate plan after collaborate. And there are many other cities to students will be involved in recording/mixing their own meal preparation, housekeeping, graduation. Newer, more affordable choose when you consider the many types of student projects, but performing is voluntary. and bed linens. Free Wi-Fi is available technologies make being your own boss much production facilities and entertainment venues throughout campus, and there is also on- more possible than in the past. And instead of that exist. If you keep your options flexible, campus laundry facilities. recording or producing others, many you can live just about anywhere you want.

CORE Program Registration for the optional partially completing their training are Registration Procedures ADVANCED Program formally takes refunded their tuition less a daily CORE The first step to register for the CORE place at the end of the second week of charge. Our CORE Program has a daily Program Program is to submit a Registration CORE classes. Acceptance is subject to charge equal to 5% of tuition. The Form. This form is available on our available space, sign-up order, and ADVANCED Program has a daily charge 5 weeks - 180 hours website and a paper version can be performance in the CORE Program. equal to 10% of tuition. No refunds are provided by request. given after the completion of one half Tuition $3475 Performance Requirements of any Recording Workshop program. After we receive your Registration Through quizzes and testing, students Students are responsible for providing 2019-20 CORE Schedule Form, our Registrar's office will review it are given feedback of their communication of their withdrawal • Early Summer ’19 (May 28-Jun 28) then send you an email to confirm performance several times during their request. • Late Summer ’19 (Jul 15-Aug 16) enrollment details. training. An overall final evaluation • Early Fall ’19 (Sep-3-Oct 4) score is calculated based on a Subject to administrative approval, • Late Fall ’19 (Oct 21-Nov 22) When this confirmation is complete, to combination of written test scores, skill students who must withdraw from Winter ’20 (Jan 6-Feb 7) • hold your seat in a specific CORE test scores, and subjective observations classes due to personal illness or • Early Spring ’20 (Feb 24-Mar 27) session, you'll need to pay a $200 seat of studio performance. A student’s final emergency circumstances may return at • Late Spring ’20 (Apr 13-May 15) reservation fee. This is not an additional evaluation cannot be more than 20% a future Recording Workshop session to cost, it will later be fully credited against below the class average to receive complete their training with no your tuition and lower your balance Recording Workshop certification. This additional tuition charge. due. This seat reservation fee is 100% final evaluation is compiled and mailed ADVANCED refundable if you change your mind with certification approximately two Update Policy Program about taking the program and let us weeks after the end of the session. To allow for the continual improvement know before classes begin. of its training programs, Recording 2 weeks - 80 hours Student Conduct Workshop reserves the right to update Tuition $1475 Several weeks before your CORE Students are expected to conduct curriculum and studio content as session begins, you'll get more emails themselves as a good member of the described without notice. This same to help prep you for your Recording Recording Workshop community. right is reserved to modify procedures 2019-20 ADVANCED Schedule Workshop attendance - details on travel Recording Workshop reserves the right and policies for the betterment of • Early Summer ‘19 (Jul 1-10) • Late Summer ‘19 (Aug 19-28) arrangements, timing of arrival, what to to terminate the enrollment of any Recording Workshop systems and the • Early Fall ’19 (Oct 7-16) bring or not bring. Our Registrar's office student guilty of disruptive behavior or student experience. All Recording • Late Fall ’19 (Nov 25-Dec 4) will guide you in for a great learning destruction of Recording Workshop Workshop policies will be created in • Winter ’20 (Feb 10-19) experience. Your invoicing for tuition property. Any refunds in such a situation accordance to the rules as established • Early Spring ’20 (Apr 30-Apr 8) and housing balances due will also be will be determined in accordance with by the Ohio State Board of Career • Late Spring ’20 (May 18-27) sent at this time. school policy concerning voluntary Colleges and Schools, 30 E. Broad withdrawal. Street, Suite 2481, Columbus, OH Materials Fees Admission Requirements 43215. Phone 877-275-4219. Each program has a Materials Fee to Recording Workshop students must be Withdrawal and Tuition Refund cover items such as books, handouts, at least 18 years old at the start of Tuition and all other payments are and project supplies. The fee is $90 for classes. Exceptions may be made for 100% refundable up to the start of the CORE Program and $15 for the students that are 17. In these cases, classes. Students who withdraw after ADVANCED Program. Registration Forms must be signed by parent or legal guardian and high- Student Housing Costs school transcripts must be submitted. We offer housing that is within a very short walk to our studios. Options High-school graduate reading and include modern cabins shared by 4 to 6 basic math skills are necessary, and students, and dorm-style houses with classroom participation requires single/double room assignments. All conversational English. are air-conditioned and have kitchen/ bath facilities. Cookware and utensils Recording Workshop maintains strict are provided, but students are maximum class sizes. Admission is responsible for their own meal subject to available space and will be preparation, housekeeping, and bed filled on a first-come, first-served basis. linens. A convenience store and laundry facilities are within easy walking ADVANCED Program distance. Free Wi-Fi is available Registration Procedures throughout the Recording Workshop To help students decide about taking campus. the optional ADVANCED Program, we typically hold off on registration until Cabin - $60/week students have had two weeks of Dorm Double - $90/week (2 per room) training in the CORE Program. This Dorm Single - $120/week (private gives them the opportunity to room) experience the high quality of our Campus housing also requires a $50 teaching methods before making any security deposit. further commitments.