Module 1: Introduction to Audio & Sound Engineering

  • Fundamentals of Sound
    • Sound Waves: Frequency, Amplitude, and Wavelength
    • Understanding Audio Signals
  • Introduction to Sound Engineering
    • Roles of a Sound Engineer
    • Overview of Studio Equipment
  • Overview of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)

Module 2: Advanced Audio Engineering Works

  • Understanding the Four Factors that determines the quality of any audio sound
  • Deciphering Sound Waves
  • How to identify and modify audio frequencies.
  • How to achieve vocal softening by modifying the audio frequencies.
  • How to mix any sound by altering the audio frequencies
  • How to compress and limits sounds manually without using plugins
  • How to change the keys of an audio signal without using auto tune or dedicated plugins.


Module 3: Mixing Instrumentals

  • Mixing percussion sounds
  • Mixing kick drum sounds
  • Mixing virtual instruments sounds Working with Synthesizers
    • How to synthesize sounds
  • How to modify audio samples in your DAW
  • Balancing Levels and Frequencies
    • Working with EQs
    • Adding Effects: Reverb, Delay, Compression, e.t.c
  • Automation : How to automate your mixes
  • Mastering instrumentals

Module 4: Setting Up and Recording a Multi-Track Session

  • Multi-Track Recording Basics
    • Understanding Tracks and Channels
  • Connecting Equipment
    • Mixers, Microphones, Instruments, and Audio Interfaces
  • Setting Up for Optimal Sound Capture
How to digitally pre-mix vocals before recording.


Module 5: Recording, Mixing, and Mastering

  • Recording Techniques
    • Capturing Clean Audio
    • Overdubbing and Layering
  • Mixing Tracks
    • Equalization (EQ) and Panning
    • Dynamic Processing: Compressors, Limiters
  • Mastering Basics
    • Preparing for Distribution
    • Volume Normalization and Polishing

Module 6: Saving and Exporting Your Work

  • Exporting in Different Formats
  • Preparing Tracks for Streaming and Distribution
  • Meta Tags:
  • Embedding additional information to your audio file.
  • How to embed album art to an audio file.
  • How to embed artist, composer and producer details to an audio file.

Duration : 6 Weeks
Fee: Six Hundred Thousand Naira [N600,000]
Two Thousand US Dollars.