Cape Audio Live and Direct a Huge Success!

In case you missed it, the Cape Audio College Live and Direct party took off last weekend at none other than Cape Towns new Zula Bar. Although a huge venue to fill, the crowds packed themselves in to enjoy our annual college party.  On offer were 5 Bands, 7 DJ’s, promo girls, Disco Marv and the now legendary Kill or be Killed MC battle. The bands were great! The night kicked off with Llevado, a four piece rock outfit from Read more »

Cape Audio College – Studio 1 gets a Face lift

New developments complete in the cosy little corner that used to be studio 1.  Studio 1 was always a well equipped studio, sporting the famous Mackie 8 Buss recording console, NS-10 monitoring and a pretty serious looking rack box. For years students have enjoyed the the benefits of this top end project studio setup.  A full featured 48 channel analogue mixer provides great diversity when considering mixing and recording options. And the accuracy of the legendary Yamaha NS-10 studio monitors makes it a favorite with mix engineers.

The added addition came in the form of a good sized dedicated tracking area, specifically designed and treated for drum and guitar recording. Able to operate independently from the main live room and fitted with enough Read more »

Cape Audio College Open Day

Its time for another Cape Audio College Open Day! 10th September 2011! To find out more about the exciting possibilities within the the sound industry come on down and pay us a visit at Unit 8b, The Waverley Business Park, Mowbray, Cape Town. We are opening our doors at 10am, and closing at 2pm. There will be guided tours of the facility, as well as an industry talk presented by Terrence Adendorff of Kfm/Primedia. Make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Excursion to Bellville Studios

Last week Friday, the Cape Audio College course director, Gaston Roulstone, was asked to head through to Bellville Studios to help Theo Crous with some technical issues he was having in his studio, so Gaston organized two Cape Audio College students to join him, giving them the opportunity to chat with South Africa’s biggest selling rock producer. Both Noel Kriegler, a first year student, and Daniel Brieter, one of our second year students, were very happy to be chosen to join Gaston on his Visit. Read more »

Cape Audio College Open Day September 2011

The next official Cape Audio College open day is coming soon. Yes, on Saturday the 10th of September Cape Audio College will be opening its doors to one and all. So if you’re interested in finding out more about Cape Audio College, the programs offered, or just the exciting possibilities within the the audio industry in general, you better come and check it out. If you can’t handle the wait until September, just pop in for a full tour anytime between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.

Please feel free to give us a call and arrange a date and time.

David “The Kiffness” Scott – Remixes Goldfish

Seems like one of our graduates is doing rather well. David Scott Aka,, The Kiffness has remixed and released an official Goldfish single (8bit? really?).  Titled “We come together” featuring Sakhile Moleshe and is the latest single to be released by Cape Town chart toppers Goldfish.  Included on the single are remixes from the likes Shaun Duvet, fishy beat and Tony Finger. The single is available from iTunes, CDbaby and Beatport. Should do well,,,,, seems like everything those guys lay their hands on turns to gold……. Fish! Sorry pardon the rather lame pun. Check it out! Read more »

an Ex Graduate and his studio

Andrew Rawbone-Viljoen, an ex-graduate from our Cape Audio College Diploma in Sound Engineering, finished his time with us seven years ago, in 2004. We catch up with him now, doing well, and busy recording some great SA bands; currently working with Watershed and Macstanley(formally known as Flat Stanly). After a lot of hard work and continuous practice, Andrew now co-owns Digital Forest Studio with his brother, Jeremy, who takes care of the marketing aspect at the studio. Cape Audio College recently headed out to Klein Constantia, to ‘Huis in Bos’ farm, where Digital Forest Studio lies nestled amongst vineyards and mountains. Read more »

Calling all audio people!

The forum is up and running! But its a little empty at the moment. We need YOU to get involved. Join the forum by registering. Add a new topic and discuss audio with our community. You might learn something. If you have a question about anything audio related simply go to the forum, register, find the section that relates to your topic or question and start posting questions, info, cool stuff you have found. You can even get involved in answering other peoples questions. Its great fun and informative too. Go on give it a bash. With your help we can turn the capeaudioforum into SA’s best audio related community.

Go there now – Click here

Pro Tools 9, and keeping up with the Joneses.

Its official! Pro Tools 9 has landed on our doorstep and is being installed on our many Mac’s as we speak.  Pro Tools has come a long way since the days of the 888′s and 001′s.There is no wonder why its today’s leading professional audio recording and mixing software.  And with version 9 there’s more features, more toys and more power than ever before. The best thing is, version 9 is no longer hardware dependant and can run on any interface available on the market. I never thought I would see the day when you could run Pro Tools through your bog standard headphone output. Check out the new features below along with a couple videos.S Read more »

Look what the RED tide brought in

Things are moving up in our main tracking room. Our most recent addition to our already almighty arsenal of audio weapons is none other than the mythical Focusrite RED series processors, in the form of the RED3 stereo compressor and the awesome RED2 equalizer. These puppies sound amazing! I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming. And after the initial test runs mops where brought out to saturate the drool that was left on the floor.  The Focusrite RED series are up there with some of the best tools on the market. Cape audio college students are extremely lucky to be gaining valuable experience with processors of this heritage. The RED’s are here and they are here to stay. Carry on reading, we have some videos and links to wet your taste buds. Read more »