Alex Mraz is a sound engineer who graduated in early 2018 and is moving swiftly from jobs in record stores to live events – probably some that you’ve been to. Maybe you saw her shadowing Front of House in Rod Laver Arena, or she sold you a record at Basement Discs in the CBD. Either […]
We’re celebrating women in audio for International Women’s Day! There has never been a better time in history to be a woman or NGC person pursuing a career in music production, and it is our responsibility to ensure this environment will only continue to evolve into a more inclusive and supportive industry. “…there’s room for […]
Broadcast as a career pathway Abbey Road Institute is dedicated to creating industry opportunities, internships and experiences for its students. The changing audio industry constantly creates new career possibilities and we introduce our students to the cutting edge elements at play for the audio professional today. Our students ventured to the new Australian Broadcasting Corporation […]
The days of music performance with only a guitar seems like it was a lifetime ago. Now, that artists like Ed Sheeran are selling out arenas all over the world without a band and using only a looper. Music technology hasn’t just given rise to the home music producer but has enabled the samples and […]
If you’re creating sound design for video games, your job is to produce and implement sound and voice over that grounds a character in the world of the game and gives clear gameplay feedback to players so they can play at their highest potential. A lot of people are visually-driven, but the sound design has […]
Music and audio in video games. Since the early days, music has held an important place in video game audio. Both technical and creative restraints featured as strong influences in early video game audio. The earliest game music tracks were relegated to a tiny chip on an onboard console. Chiptunes, as they were called, contained […]
Through the months of September and November, Abbey Road Institute students were embedded in two of the premier events on Australia’s music industry calendar. Our first group of interns were placed with Specific Music’s ‘50 Songs in 5 Days’ in partnership with APRA AMCOS and Studios 301. 50 Songs in 5 Days is an intensive songwriting […]
abbey road institute melbourne to abbey road london As one of the highlights of the year, at the end of October we were delighted to be travelling to Abbey Road Studios in London with our graduating music production students from Melbourne. Our committed and hard-working graduates, with the support of their families, made the long […]
Recently we were lucky enough to be invited to the Avid Space Melbourne and visit our friend from Avid, Drew Parsons. Drew set up this space to host training sessions and showcasing Avid’s equipment. The Avid Space Melbourne currently has an Avid S6, set up in 7.1.2 monitoring configuration, an Avid S6L and two workstations […]
have you graduated? Abbey Road Institute is about giving our alumni continuous support after graduation. We understand that any education doesn’t just end with a qualification but regular practice and refinement. This is why we strongly support our Alumni access program. The commencement of the next access in coming on October 6th and this occurs […]