Stylus College of Music & Sound Technology

# 60 8th Street, New Westminster
V3M 3P1 British Columbia Canada
Tel: 604.523.2969
Fax: 604.523.2970

Sound Design & Technology Program

Program Length: 1 year
Tuition: $17,500 CDN

Total Hours: 950+

Number of Terms: 4| Number of Courses: 40 plus projects

Program Description:

This Sound Design program includes courses to understand the visual and narrative aspects of these visual mediums, to discover and complete the end to end workflow of Sound Design and master the production processes of sound design with learned skills such as advanced recording techniques for sound effects and dialog, creative synthesis techniques, advanced digital sound processing. The Sound Design program provides courses on the post-production processes and skills of interactive audio integration for gaming, A/V synchronization, music licensing, placement and editing, and mixing and mastering your sound design creations.  

Career:

There’s high demand for professional sound designers in film, television, radio and gaming industries. They want their media products to be more unique and appealing, and today's sound designers must be knowledgeable in all aspects of sound design and its increasingly vital role in the industry.

Resources:

Using the most powerful and industry-standard software such as Nuendo, CUBASE, Pro Tools, WaveLab, Kontakt, Reason, and Reaktor, and Flash combined with hands-on training, students will gain the highest level of expertise and practical information while building a professional portfolio of completed projects ready for industry exposure.

Areas:

- Study of the Visual Mediums and Narrative Constructs

- The Complete Sound design Process Cycle

- Project and Financial Management for Sound Design

- Sound Design Studio Build-out, Setup, and Equipment

- Understanding Acoustics & Human Perception of Sound

- Synthesis Theory, Technologies and Techniques

- Midi sequencing and editing

- Microphone techniques & construction

- Foley and Field Recording Techniques

- Digital Sampling and Editing

- Sound Effects Design and Placement

- Ambience and Background Design

- ADR replacement recording, Editing and synchronization

- Audio and Control Signal processing

- Mixing and Mastering techniques for Film and Gaming

- Sound Design for Animation and Interactive media

- Spatial Audio Theory and Surround sound mixing

Please contact Stylus about this special program aimed exclusively at the Sound Design art and profession. Some prerequisites are required to enter this intensive one-year program.

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Program start dates:

September 29th, 2008

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Jared, a graduate of the Sound Design & Technology has worked on projects for Main Frame studios and was recently nominated for best composition for a documentary in North America.

To learn more about Jared visit his website at www.elevationap.com

Steinberg Canada, the leading software development company behind the creation of CUBASE , Nuendo, and WaveLab software certifies Stylus graduates of its Master and Independent Music Producer programs.