Recording Workshop

From a facility, location, and faculty perspective, I thought the recording workshop was a very balanced place. Depending on what you want to do with audio engineering I think this school is a complete hit or a complete miss. For the tuition costs, it may make sense to take that money and begin your own studio, or rather, use that money to invest in other opportunities that may get you in the door to apprentice with an engineer that can teach you the basic-​advanced skills, equipment, and give you business insight. Before paying for any audio school, in that regard, I think it’s important to consider what that tuition money could buy you outside of the formal-​education aspects, which may not be so formal after all.
Depending on what you put into it, you will either get a basic introduction to audio and learn some information that may not apply to any of your future audio engineering opportunities to come, or, you may receive a wealth of information, connections, and wisdom from the faculty there, who have had many more years working in the field that any student, guaranteed. At the end of the day, audio engineering involves much more than signal flow and test scores, and while giving you the formal aspects of audio engineering, the Recording Workshop cannot offer you strong exposure to the business, industry, and craft of technical audio. Only you can.

This school is a great place to start if you’re interested in a career in sound engineering/​recording. The teachers are excellent and the schedule is full. The training is hands-​on and I left with the basic skills to give bands a great recording. It is only six weeks (with some optional classes at the end), but I learned a ton.
A word of caution though: getting a job is tougher than you think, especially now that anyone can get a half decent recording. This school will give you the tools, but you have to be dedicated enough to the craft to get through the tough years to follow.