Cape Audio College Sponsor SAEP

Early In November Cape Audio College  got contacted by one of the organizers of the South African Education and Enrichment Project – The SAEP, They were looking for a Sponsorship for a PA system and sound engineers to setup and run the system for a fundraising event, seeing as Cape Audio College had just Read more »

Roland Workshop Demo’s new synths available at Paul Bothner Music.

Last Friday, Kyle and Dave from Paul Bothner music in Plumstead popped in for a visit, and to show us some new synths that are coming out of the Roland stable. Roland have been a mammoth of a driving force behind the development of the synthesizer since the early 1970′s when they released their first synthesizer, the SH-1000. Over the years Roland have produced some of the most iconic analogue and digital synths ever to grace the planet. The Legendary Jupiter-8 which hit the stores way back in Read more »

Cape Audio College Zomboy Workshop.

This last Saturday we were lucky enough to secure a Q&A workshop with international Electro Dubstep superstar Zomboy, otherwise known as Joshua Mellody. Josh pulled into Cape Audio College at 4pm on Saturday to give local Cape Town producers and DJ’s a chance to probe and question the very techniques he uses to create his monster sound. “This UK chap has been coined a prodigy and a successor to the almighty: Skrillex. Once your ears have soaked in a few minutes of Zomboy you’ll soon realize why Joshua has released through Never Say Die Records (ie same label as SKisM & Foreign Beggars). His productions feel as if Skrillex & Mord Fustang had a child, and this child  – Zomboy – quickly mutated into a next generation progressive-grungy-glitchy-dubstep-zombie.” Read more »

Cape Audio College Live and Direct 2012 off with a bang!

This time of the year is always enjoyable here at the College, Summer is in the air and people are beginning to venture further than their living rooms again. The Cape Audio College has been throwing the Live and Direct party every year for the past five and we’ve always managed to pack in the punters and let loose for a sort of pre-exam bash. This year was no exception as one and all joined us for a great evening with some great bands and DJ’s as well as tequila girls and our annual MC battle. The venue of choice this year was Cafe Zula on Long street, an interesting and Read more »

Cape Audio College Hosts the 48 Hour Film Project. Student films a success.

The 48 Hour film project is a competition between different teams of filmmakers and creatives that get together and try to produce a 4 – 7 minute short film in exactly 48 hours from start to finish with a few curve balls namely a random film genre. This initiative was created by Mark Ruppert back in 2001 and now spans over 100 countries, the concept is to see what can be made in one weekend and forces the participants to “Do” rather than “talk”. Read more »

Student Diary: Hectic on Hope the YOH! parties.

The following article was written by Cape Audio College second year student Warren Fisher and is an excerpt from his and Michael Clarks experiences as independent live sound engineers on one of his very first events. Live sound  is a hugely buoyant part of the sound industry with many employment opportunities. It is great to see some of our students getting involved and going out and doing it for themselves, and as an institution that supports and guides after a student has finished studying, we were more than happy to let the guys test out our new JBL rig.

It all started while the college was on a week long break, when Michael Clarke and I were contacted again by the event organizers of the collaborative YOH! Parties. The theme for this one was “Early Halloween”. Having organised a smaller live rig for one of their events a few weeks prier, we knew this Read more »

Cape Audio College Live and Direct MC Battle 2012 entry form.

Due to the huge success of last years MC battle,  the Cape Audio College is once again hosting an MC Battle competition at Zula bar on Long street in Cape Town on Saturday the 3rd of November. If you have some skillz on the mic you should definitely enter the Live and Direct MC Battle MC competition where local rappers can battle it out live at Zula for a chance to win the amazing Shure Beta57 vocal microphone (Shure’s top of the range stage vocal mic). The crowed decides the winner in a knockout tournament of epic proportions. This year the MC battle will be hosted by none other than New York rapper Whosane, who is making some serious waves around the world at the moment with his infections style and ill rhymes. So sign up today, dont wait, because we are only accepting a maximum of 10 MC’s this year. First come, first serve. So get cracking and fill out the form below.        Read more »

Live And Direct

Its that time of year again , that’s right! Cape Audio College is hosting its famous Live and Direct annual party on the 3rd of November at Zula Bar Read more »

Zomboy At Cape Audio College

Awesome news has come in, we’ve secured a sweet workshop with one of the hard hitters making serious waves in the dubstep scene. As an exciting forthcoming attraction Zomboy will be at Cape Audio College for a Read more »

Open Day 2012 this weekend.

Open day is here once again! If you havent had a chance to come on down and have a look for yourself then this is your opportunity. The tours will begin at 10am with a talk from our very own head of institution Mr. Rae de Jager who will be answering questions relating to the college, audio training in general and employment opportunities within South Africa. Everyone is welcome so pull in and be blown away with the Cape Audio College experience. Read more »