Actually I Was thinking about somethig similar. Sync, are you thinking of sae? I just keep hearing a lot about them so if anyone knows anything about them - or any other good places - I'd be interested to know too.

Kit

Well I'm not actually thinking about enrolling on a course now, maybe part-time in the future. As much as I'd love to go into audio technology I've already started going down the multimedia technology path, a switch to music isn't practical.

I was just wondering about things like what books were used for research, what aspects of production were considered the most essential to learn.

I guess the most important question I have is were there any subject areas learned that are often overlooked?

I'm not asking to be taught these things by anyone, just to be made aware so I can do my own research.

It might be helpful to know what courses people went on and what they thought of them as well though

I wouldn't bother with a course - I know that it is hard to get your head around all of the intricacies of production - but there are a suprising number of resources on the web - and in your local library - I'd go look for some books on production cause although it's a constantly moving field, some things stay the same forever.

I'd look for some books on mastering mixing and compression - those are constants.

what you'll find is that when you understand the premisies, the practical aplication is pretty similar no matter what hardware you are put in front of.

it would also be a good idea to pick up an m-audio card and pro-tools m-powered, cause it allways pays to know how to use pro-tools

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