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Sound Engineering Schools in Toronto/GTA?

I was wondering if any of you know of any good/reputable schools for Sound Engineering here in the GTA. I always see this ad on the subway for Trebas but I know nothing about it. I've been looking around myself but wouldn't mind opinions from people who have actually gone to these schools or know of people who have.

Thanks.

This is posted every 2 or 3 months.

Do a search for Trebas and the threads should pop up.

Good luck! Have fun.

I've attempted to use the search function on these forums but it's not working for me, hence why I've posted a new thread.

I've heard good things about Trebas, but what are you looking to learn extactly? Are you looking to get into EDM music production? I think those courses are more geared towards working in a studio, rather than just sound design or production. So for the hefty cost and length of course, there are better routes if you want to learn production.

There is a pretty good sound design course from Point Blank Online. They have a great way of providing online courses so you should check them out.

I'm looking to get into Audio Engineering in general, EDM production is just a hobby. You said hefty price, what would I be looking at per semester/year?

DON'T GO TO TREBAS!!

Lots of horrible stories from there, courses being canceled half way through cause there's not enough students, etc. They USED to be very good.

The top ones in GTA are Harris Institute and Metalworks, I'm actually in Harris right now and I can't imagine going anywhere else. Metalworks has a lot more fancy equipment and stuff, but it's not likely you'll be using them early on in your career.

Here's a review by a teacher who taught at all the Sound Engineering schools in Ontario wrote. His review about Harris is pretty accurate. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://jimlamarche.wordpress.com/20...-a-report-card/

I can't remember which one is on the corner of Richmond and Sherbourne, but Andrew (NuEra) went there. Hopefully he'll pop into this thread.

Thanks a lot for the replies guys. I'll definitely look into what you've mentioned so far and hopefully some others will chime in as well.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I can't remember which one is on the corner of Richmond and Sherbourne, but Andrew (NuEra) went there. Hopefully he'll pop into this thread.

Yeah that's Harris Institute, I went there cause Andrew told me it was good. and I'm grateful to him for that.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I can't remember which one is on the corner of Richmond and Sherbourne, but Andrew (NuEra) went there. Hopefully he'll pop into this thread.

NuEra should be able to list some for you, for sure.

Now say I go and finish the program, anybody know what the demand is like for audio engineers is out there? How easy would it be to find a job? I have a friend who freelances and it's really on and off for him although he does make some good cash.

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Originally posted by WithoutAngles I was wondering if any of you know of any good/reputable schools for Sound Engineering here in the GTA. I always see this ad on the subway for Trebas but I know nothing about it. I've been looking around myself but wouldn't mind opinions from people who have actually gone to these schools or know of people who have.

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Originally posted by WithoutAngles I'm looking to get into Audio Engineering in general, EDM production is just a hobby. You said hefty price, what would I be looking at per semester/year?

I hope you put more time into your studies than you have put into researching where to go.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker I hope you put more time into your studies than you have put into researching where to go.

Thanks for the input, you've been a great help.

OK USA!

The jobs/gigs once you graduate is very competitive. With 3-4 school graduating 100-200 students every few months. There really isn't enough jobs to go around. It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a recording engineer at a big studio, you'll be interning (for free) doing the bitch work (that's IF you get the intern position too). Same with all the other record labels like Universal and Sony, don't expect to make money for a while. The music industry is an industry a lot of people want to be in and are willing to do anything to get in.

There's jobs in Post Audio, which is doing music, sound FX, score, etc. for TV shows and movies but it's competitive too. You have to be really good and have experience.

So basically you have to have the mentality that you won't be making tons of money but you'll be doing something you love. And at the school you get what you put into it. If you're just gonna be there and do the work and not connect/network then it's kind of pointless.

Freelancing is where the money is in Post Audio, if you're good then people will hire you. But you have to keep selling yourself to potential employment, it's on and off but if you're good then you're making decent money and get a lot of time off. One of my teachers is a freelance sound editor and he's making 3,000 a week and he works half the year.

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