It is quite important for developing audio engineers to have an understanding of component based signal flow. Much of the equipment we use in studio or on stage sits at the very cutting edge of modern electronics technology. This is why, we think its is imperative for fledgling audio professionals to gain experience in the fantastic field of electrical engineering and audio device construction. You will be amazed what you can build from Read more »
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Events, News, Student Spotlight | Richard Harriman April 12, 2013 | 
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There are some new additions here at the Cape Audio College. We have just completed fitting an additional five production studios to add to our already impressive facilities. The Beat factories (As we are calling them) are production specific studios fitted with the very latest in electronic music production hardware and software as well as acoustically treated recording booths and control rooms. Each beat factory has been equipped with the latest in Focusrite audio interfaces, brand new Apple Mac, Pro Tools 10 workstations, some pretty nice outboard processing from Lexicon and dbx, monitoring from JBL, as well as a Roland GAIA production synthasizers and Yamaha mixing consoles in every room. The new department is also home to some of the nicest synthasizers on the market today, which are available to students for their production assignments. The Cape Audio College now features 14 Read more »
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Gear, Music, News | Richard Harriman March 27, 2013 | Comments Off
There are some new kids in town. Beach party is a “Psychedelic-Afro-Disco-Surf-Punk” band from Cape Town. This five piece monster of an outfit consists of Andrew (Keys), Danny (Guitar and vocals) Makkie (Bass), Black Irish (Drums) and Big daddy D (Guitar). The band is extremely tight with melodies and rhythms that will get your foot tapping and your head spinning with joy. The band booked a 2 day weekend recording session under the guidance of producer/artist and cape audio graduate Mike Zietsman (P.H.fat). The goal of the weekend was Read more »
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Events, Music, News | Richard Harriman June 20, 2012 | Comments Off
The first day of the CTEMF (Cape Town Electronic Music Festival), workshop held at Red Bull studios, was primarily focused on the music industry. First on the coach was Hilton “Roach” Roth (African Dope / Gigham), Hagar Graiser (Jump Media / Cape MIC) and Maximillian Kaizen (Creative Commons South Africa). Having the opportunity to have 3 such knowledgeable and open speakers covering topic’s from publishing, performance rights, music copy right and creative commons opened up great debates and dialogue. With a close spotlight on SAMRO which is South Africa’s only music royalties collection agency, the artists and students had their say, with some negative and positive results beings discussed and analyzed by the 3 experts. Read more »
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Events, News | Richard Harriman March 28, 2012 | Comments Off
As a musician, being new to recording in a studio can be rather daunting. The pressure of having to perform perfectly isn’t easy, especially when you find yourself in a strange environment full of foreign looking technology and being judged by eccentric creatures behind glass windows. A few tips may help turn this foreign gear into an obsession and the creatures behind glass windows into beneficial friends. Studios can be like home as you hear your creations being blasted back at you in full force through the monitors, so long as you go about it in the right way. Here is a few things that you can do to help get the best results out of a recording session. Read more »
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Student Spotlight, Technique | Richard Harriman February 28, 2012 | Comments Off
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 »
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News, Past Grad, Review | Richard Harriman July 4, 2011 | Comments Off
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 »
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Gear, News | Richard Harriman March 7, 2011 | Comments (2)
On the weekend of the 18th and 19th of September local hard rock band Monolith were given 20 hours of recording time to track their single “Misery”. Monolith is a Cape Town based 5-piece hard rock band that was formed in August 2008 and have been threatening to break onto the Cape Town rock scene ever since. Read more »
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Events, Music | Richard Harriman October 1, 2010 | Comments (2)
