<p>What classes should I take in high school to be prepared for audio engineering and what are some good schools for it?</p>
<p>Math. Physics. Electronics.</p>
<p>What side of audio engineering? Theres the side where you’d be designing gear and studios and such (which is more electrical engineering geared toward audio applications), which I would agree with the above. Then theres the side of doing the actual recording or live sound, which you’d be running the gear (typically a computer, sometimes tape machine), mixing, editing, producing, etc. For that you won’t need all the math/physics stuff; at least definitely not to the degree of traditional engineering disciplines.</p>
<p>I would like to do do the actual recording and mixing of it. I would like to know some of how to set it up because I would like to eventually be doing a home studio but I’d rather being doing the mixing. I also would like to know recommendations on whether to go to school for it or not. Iv’e heard from both sides both which do great mixing.</p>
<p>That’s not engineering, that’s more like being a technician.</p>
<p>You don’t “need” to go to school for it, you can start off as an unpaid intern and do some self study while you get your experience up. However, going to school for it will teach you things that would otherwise take years of experience to obtain. You’d also become a lot more diverse, you’ll learn live sound production, studio production, audio for movies/shows, etc. Not to mention it’s a hell of a lot of fun to take classes in that stuff.</p>
<p>As for high school classes that can help you prep, see if they offer a computer music class or something similar. Maybe some intro music classes. As far as what I’ve seen from most schools they’re not really hard at all to get into, as long as you have a high school diploma. I’m not sure if you play an instrument but it definitely helps since you can learn a lot just from recording yourself, plus it’s very fulfilling to record and mix your own stuff, so if you don’t then that would be something worth taking classes on or self learning.</p>
<p>I went to Full Sail in Florida, they have an accelerated program there where you can get your associates in 13 months, they also have further study if you wanted to get a bachelors. I had a blast there and really learned a lot about all realms of sound production (music, movies, studios, live sound, sound for videogames, gear, etc.). It’s really hands-on too, they have some really nice studios there so you gain a lot of experience working with the gear and stuff while you’re learning about it. I’m not too sure about other schools, I know they have become a lot more prevalent so you have a lot of options to choose from, just do the research.</p>
<p>It’s still considered “engineering”, your position would be an “audio engineer”, though the actual work is more of that of a technician. The course study is a lot different than traditional engineering (mechanical, electrical, etc.). It’s definitely not as math/physics heavy, though there is some.</p>