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UnDeFiNeD · 8th July 2007

man, I can't believe all the BS written here about SAE!

If it's too much cash, go search an intern job in a studio.

If u think it's your golden ticket into a great studio-engineering job...fat chance, everyone has to prove his worth regardless of what education u have had if u want to 'make it' in this bussiness.

I read stuff like "they push you trough, cause you payed a lot of cash". Well, uhm, why did only 3 ppl of the 20 graduate last week here in SAE Brussels? Good ppl in that class mind u!

I read stuff like "they teach u that u should always record musicians seperated, how to place your OH's etc..." BIG BS!! Here they allways taught me and the others that the genre and demands of the musicians are nr.1, and if a jazz band comes in, the demands will be completely different from a trash metal or a rock band or hiphop project, thats what I love about this school! They never tell me how to do something, unless I get should stuck and ask for assistance, then they give u a variation of options witch u can or can't follow, the only thing that gets graded is the 2-track, end result, and they don't have to know how much dB of compression u pushed on your compressor, or how many days weeks or minutes u worked to get the results.

All my teachers are professionals, who have done a lot of known projects here in my country. We learn to work with Neve, SSL's, Protools HD setups, logic, cubase setups and 24-track tape, in-line consoles, HD-recorders, etc...
Now u tell me...how the hell are u gonna learn that by making coffee in that comercial studio?
Studio owners aren't (always) buzy trying to TEACH interns, they are doing their jobs, wich is finishing the project as good as possible, no room for experiments since it's the clients money on stake.

SAE isn't a substitude for real life studio experience, neither is lawschool's going to make u a perfect lawyer...but it's a start, it's EDUCATION, not your ticket 'in'
I did some commercial cd releases before I attended SAE, and my fear of getting into a school wich costs a lot and teaches u nothing (like what everyone is babbeling about here) was proven completely untrue, when was the last time u learnt about impedance matching working as an intern for example?

Maybe the SAE schools differ a lot, and there is no doubt that different teachers make different schools, so to draw a red line between all sae schools would be false.

But think before u talk dirt about these schools, cause I for one learnt a lot there, far more than I learned in any other studio experience I had in the 10yrs prior to going to sae.

8th July 2007	#26
UnDeFiNeD Gear addict Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posts: 393	man, I can't believe all the BS written here about SAE! If it's too much cash, go search an intern job in a studio. If u think it's your golden ticket into a great studio-engineering job...fat chance, everyone has to prove his worth regardless of what education u have had if u want to 'make it' in this bussiness. I read stuff like "they push you trough, cause you payed a lot of cash". Well, uhm, why did only 3 ppl of the 20 graduate last week here in SAE Brussels? Good ppl in that class mind u! I read stuff like "they teach u that u should always record musicians seperated, how to place your OH's etc..." BIG BS!! Here they allways taught me and the others that the genre and demands of the musicians are nr.1, and if a jazz band comes in, the demands will be completely different from a trash metal or a rock band or hiphop project, thats what I love about this school! They never tell me how to do something, unless I get should stuck and ask for assistance, then they give u a variation of options witch u can or can't follow, the only thing that gets graded is the 2-track, end result, and they don't have to know how much dB of compression u pushed on your compressor, or how many days weeks or minutes u worked to get the results. All my teachers are professionals, who have done a lot of known projects here in my country. We learn to work with Neve, SSL's, Protools HD setups, logic, cubase setups and 24-track tape, in-line consoles, HD-recorders, etc... Now u tell me...how the hell are u gonna learn that by making coffee in that comercial studio? Studio owners aren't (always) buzy trying to TEACH interns, they are doing their jobs, wich is finishing the project as good as possible, no room for experiments since it's the clients money on stake. SAE isn't a substitude for real life studio experience, neither is lawschool's going to make u a perfect lawyer...but it's a start, it's EDUCATION, not your ticket 'in' I did some commercial cd releases before I attended SAE, and my fear of getting into a school wich costs a lot and teaches u nothing (like what everyone is babbeling about here) was proven completely untrue, when was the last time u learnt about impedance matching working as an intern for example? Maybe the SAE schools differ a lot, and there is no doubt that different teachers make different schools, so to draw a red line between all sae schools would be false. But think before u talk dirt about these schools, cause I for one learnt a lot there, far more than I learned in any other studio experience I had in the 10yrs prior to going to sae.