ADMI’s Sound Engineering programme trains students in all areas of sound production, including microphone selection, studio set-up, mixing, mastering, digital audio editing and live sound recording.
Students will discover how to use microphones, consoles, and digital audio workstations (DAWs) to record and enhance performances.
Over the course of the two years, students learn to operate state-of-the-art sound equipment and set up live gigs.
Graduates emerge from the programme with the technical skills they need to pursue careers as sound designers, dialogue editors, boom operators, and studio engineers.
As a sound engineer in a recording studio, you would make high quality recording of music, speech and sound effects. If you enjoy working with electronics and are interested in music and sound, this could be the ideal job for you. In this job, you would need to have a good sense of hearing. You would also need to understand musical pitch, timing, and rhythm. With experience, you might also act as Studio Manager. You may also be known as an audio engineer or recording engineer.
Other jobs that you could take up with the qualification may include:
- Studio sound engineer
- Mix engineer
- Live sound engineer (music and theatre)
- Studio assistant
- Production assistant
- Audio post production engineer
- Composer
- OB engineer
- Recording artist
- Electronic musician
- Music and dialogue editor
- Location recordist
- Promoter
ADMI prides itself in having modern, state of the art equipment that meet global standards. As a sound engineering student you will have the opportunity to use the following equipment:
- Acoustically treated sound studio
- Various types of audio mixers
- Various types of microphones
- Amplifiers
- Equalizers
- Compressors
- Three computer labs with Macs and PCs
ADMI has also invested in industry standard software including:
- Logic
- Pro tools
- Ableton live
- Reason
High School Education:
KCSE C- (Minus) or KCE division II, KACE one (1) Principal or an equivalent qualification or Certificate of Experiential Learning or KNQF. Basic computer proficiency is required.
To apply online please visit: https://admi.ac.ke/apply
Mode of study: Full time – 4 semesters + 1 semester internship
Intakes: January, May, September
Campus: Caxton House, CBD Nairobi
Fees: January May September
