Intermediate Audio Production: Final SitRep

Well, the listening party was a fabulous way to end the term here in BDC 301. Getting to view and listen to all the great work done by my fellow students was a real treat. This course has proved to me why everyone in RTA should go into the audio stream because it is so awesome. Not only does it have an industrial wealth of knowledge but it is also fun as heck. A Winning Combination.  What I like about this course is all the hands on practice we get, which is true for most of RTA, and with audio we have the magnificent facilities on the 3rd floor at our disposal and it is a real privilege to have access to them.The only downfall to this course is that there is so much cool material covered throughout the course, there are so many things you could forget, despite diligent note taking. One thing I've realized in audio production is that in order to remember some of the complex things we cover (like certain mixing techniques or studio layouts) is to just keep doing it over and over again. One thing I know that everyone has brought up at one point is the fact the our class is six hours long. It is as Finlay first described, a "Behemoth". From what I've heard the instructors are trying to get the course split up. One reason I didn't mind it being 6 hours is the fact that we get to apply what we've learned the day we are taught it which is nice, because you tend to forget if your lecture and lab sections are seperate especially with a course like ours which has a mountain material to cover. I think I want to continue in the audio stream in future years year in RTA. This course was really good at helping me decide on my focus. I'm still not %100 certain but it has definitely nudged me in the right direction. There is still so much to see and learn so everything from here on out should not fail to disappoint. When I first thought about doing something in any sort of production capacity I really had no idea what to expect. Even when I chose to do this program in the first place I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into and was nothing but a bag of nervousness. Since first year was sort of an introduction to everything it was hard to pin point particular areas of interest. But this years course have convinced me I definitely made the right choice, not only with the audio stream, but with the program as a whole. I look forward to what the next couple of years has in store.