Foley Sound: The History and Magic

Foley Sound: The History and Magic

Movies are magical in the way they give us such a multi-sensory experience and one of the most crucial aspects in movies that can make or break our experience is sound. Almost every sound that the audience hears at the movies that isn’t dialogue or music is a...
Sound Perception and Acoustics

Sound Perception and Acoustics

In discussions among most sound enthusiasts on the various ways to improve the quality of audio production and audio mixes, the focus tends to be on the gear and process. However, it is just as important if not more to consider the conditions under which sound is...
Types of Microphones and their uses

Types of Microphones and their uses

Audio Academy’s sound engineering courses train students in every aspect of sound recording and live sound. For an average person on the street, the microphone is a device that picks up sound. However, for trainees of Audio Academy, the microphone is a transducer- a...
The Making of A Sound Engineer

The Making of A Sound Engineer

Coldplay’s first concert in India at the Global Citizen Festival India was held at in Mumbai in November 2016 with more than 80,000 fans from across the country thronging the event. Arnold Coelho, Audio Academy alumni was part of the Indian team working on sound for...
How To Develop Perfect Pitch

How To Develop Perfect Pitch

Whispers, horns, music, dog barks, the sound of the TV in the neighbour’s house— these are all sounds of the world that only come to life for us because of our ears. Capable of detecting sound waves that travel through the air into the ear, humans can detect...