Founded in 1989, The Recording Workshop is one of the longest established sound engineering & music technology schools in the UK. The ''Workshop'' incorporates a sound engineering school, music production college and working 48 track professional recording studio and has assisted over 2000 musicians, DJs, prospective sound engineers, producers and enthusiasts to develop their creative sound recording and music production skills, experience and contacts.

One of the unique features of the courses is that there are only around 5 people per class. The courses are designed for beginners and the more advanced alike. They are ideal for gaining practical experience and guidance at using modern professional music technology and sound recording equipment and music production techniques - for home or professional use and those thinking of setting up or building up their own studio.

This is also an excellent forum for meeting other musicians and enthusiasts. As a result of the course students often get together and start their own musical projects which they record at The Workshop. Some students even start writing their own music for the first time despite their apparent lack of musical knowledge.

The Workshop has catered to many professional DJ's, artists, A&R personel from Warner Music, BMG Publishing, Mother Records, Polygram, Jive Records, Nude Records, Island Records, Parlophone Records, Independiente & Decca Records etc...producers as well as novices all of whom have found it very useful.

These are practical hands-on courses where you learn by using the equipment. All the material is projected on to a 52 inch screen including the computer programs so that all 5 people can easily follow what is being demonstrated. The focus is on understanding rather than learning anything by heart. You are encouraged to experiment and develop your own styles and approach to production.

Taught by 2 experienced and very enthusiastic sound engineering teachers and musicians with over 28 years combined teaching experience and 60 years sound engineering experience. The Recording Workshop has deliberately kept itself small since it started nearly 16 years ago. The main emphasis is on keeping the teaching personal and accessable with the minimum techno-babble.

Past students have included many professional DJ's, artists, A&R personnel from Warner Music, BMG Publishing, Mother Records, Polygram, Jive Records, Nude Records, Island Records, Parlophone & EMI Records, Independiente & Decca Records etc...producers as well as novices all of whom have found it very useful. Students have had placements in studios such as Mayfair, Metropolis, Sphere Studios, The Dairy and the BBC..

Class sizes are limited to 5 people, thus enabling maximum access to equipment and oportunities to ask questions when necessary. Absolutely all styles of music recording are covered. taught by extremely experienced staff.

Courses are available on a evening/week-end part time and full time basis (3 days a week).

The emphasis has always been on the practical aspects and also keeping in mind the real life aspects of the music industry.

• Founded in 1989 The Recording Workshop is one of the longest established sound engineering & music technology schools in the UK.
  
  
• Part time & full time practical courses on all aspects of music production, sound engineering & music technology.
  
  
• The only sound engineering school in the UK , possibly the world, that we know of to have a maximum of only 5 students per course . Other schools & colleges have 20 to 30 on average.
  
  
• Special 4 day summer intensive introduction course. 31/07/06 to 03/08/06. Click here for more details.
  
  
• No previous sound engineering, music production knowledge, experience or qualifications necessary.
  
  
• Full time course designed to enable people to get into the recording industry.
  
  
• Fully equipped professional recording studio with continuously updated 48 track analogue & digital equipment, 3 studios & 2 live rooms.
  
  
• Special package for Dance music production.
  
  
• Special package for Rock/Pop/Acoustic music production.
  
  
• Learn by using the equipment
  
  
• Full information packs, cassette & folder supplied free
  
  
• Recommended related books at discount prices
  
  
• Eligible for Career Development Loans
  
  
• Foreign students who need a student visa are welcome
  
  
• Easy payment schemes
  
  
• Certificate issued on completion of part time courses
  
  
• Diploma issued on completion of the full time course + work experience provided.
  
  
• Easy access by car from central or outside London.
  
  
• Disabled access.
  

The TRW Sound Engineering & Music Production full time course lasts 6 to 8 months and costs £4000 (5730 EUR, $7270). This is the equivalent of all the TRW audio & sound engineering courses and music technology & music production courses with additional practical periods amounting to 16 hours per week or more if you want.

One of the most important features is that there are only 4 to 5 people per course. Other schools, colleges or courses have somewhere between 10 and 30 people per course. "I have taught in further education colleges and it was a nightmare. There were about 25 students trying to get access to the mixing desk. The class was also held back by some students who were there because they could not think of anything better to do. They were not really interested which brought the whole class down..." says Jose Gross the founder of The Recording Workshop. "I like the personal approach. Small classes, lots of practice on the equipment. Exchange of ideas between people. I am still learning even now from my students because they have unprejudiced ideas about how to do things which I am always struggling with myself."

Another distinguishing feature of TRW is that it is located slap bang in the middle of one of the most densely populated recording studio areas in the world. There are something like 50 recording studios in about 3 blocks of buildings! A lot of them belong to world class acts. One is frequently seeing famous faces in the nearby cafe or just walking down the corridor in this building or down the street. This makes it ideal for making contacts and work opportunities.

The course is in 2 Parts:
The 1st part of the sound engineering & music technology full time course starts on session 1 of the Tuesday 3 hour afternoon music production 1st course, lasts 8 weeks and includes practical periods on Wednesdays 11:00 to 16:00, these sessions will include the synthesiser course and additional relevant lessons. Also there will be assisting periods in recording sessions on Thursdays and/or Fridays 11:00 to 17:00.

The 2nd part of the sound engineering & music technology course is made up of Monday classes 11:00 to 16:30, Tuesday classes 10:30 to 13:00 and a minimum of 2 x bookable 4 hour weekday practical sessions.

At the end of the course the work will be assessed for the TRW Music Technology & Sound Engineering Diploma. EU residents who meet the requirements will then be found placements in studios for work experience.

Beginners Course

Advanced Courses

Dance Music Courses (18 - 26 weeks)

Audio/live sound recording package:(18 to 26 weeks)

Digidesign ProTools Mix + DSP Farm card + 2 x 888 & 882 interfaces 32 track hard disk recording system with very large selection of (80) plug-ins. - Digidesign Protools III V5 +888 & 882 interfaces 16 track hard disk recording system with very large selection of (80) plug-ins. - Digidesign ProTools LE. v6.4 X 5. - 4x Digidesign Mboxes. - 1 X Digi 002 rack. - 1 X Apple Powermac G5 computer - 4 x Apple PowerMac G4 computers - 2 x Apple PowerMac G3 computers - Mackie Control Universal + 2 X extenders (24 channels) - Antares Autotune TC Master X - Emagic Logic Pro V4.8, 5.1, 6 & 7 - EXS 24. - Cubase VST V5 - Kontakt. - Cubase SX2. - Reason 2.5. - 50+ gigabites of samples. - Fostex G16 1/2" 16 track tape recorder. - Phonic 18:4:2 mixer. - Studiomaster Series II 24:16:2 mixer with MIDI mute. - Soundcraft Studio 16:8 mixer. - Fostex DMT100 MIDI mixer. - XRI XR300 SMPTE synchroniser. - PC including Cubase VST. - 4 X 4 Meg. Atari ST computers. - Atari versions of Cubase Score 2 & V3.0 and Notator sequencer software + editors. - Quad amp + Tannoy monitors. - Fostex D20B timecode DAT recorder. - Casio DA7 DAT recorder. - Casio DA2 DAT recorder with digital transfer. - Sony Minidisc recorder. - Plextor CD writer. - Yamaha CDRW. - Denon DRM 800A 3-head cassette deck.

Neumann U87 - Shure SM57 - Shure SM58 - AKG C451 - 2 x AKG C1000s's - AKG D190E - AKG D202 - AKG D12 - AKG D112 - 2 x PZM's - Various DI boxes. - 2 x Yamaha SPX 900 programmable digital multi effects units.
Alesis Midiverb II digital multi effects unit. - Zoom 9120 digital programmable multi effects. - Drawmer Compressor/Limiter. - Drawmer quad gate. - Symetrix Quadrophonic Noise Gate-Expander. - 6 X 48 way normalised patchbays. - Beyer-Dynamic DT100 headphones. - Yamaha Q2031 31 band Graphic Equaliser. - Spectrum Analyser. Oscilloscope. - Denon CD player.

2 X Live rooms: Fender Twin Reverb 100 watt amplifier, Gretsch drum kit and headphone foldback + new computer studio with 4 x Mac G4 workstations.

The studio does both live acoustic tape and digital multitrack recordings and computerised sequencer and sampler recordings which are all synchronised together. Live band recordings are possible using the 2 live rooms simultaneously for audio separation.