At over 50 campuses worldwide, SAE Institute educates for careers in the recording, post production, and film industries. Our school focus is hands-on training: get students into the studios and labs to complete real-world projects. SAE alumni graduate with knowledge and experience – ready to become part of an alumni network of industry professionals working with top artists, producers and companies around the world. SAE Institute was founded in 1976 and is located in 24 countries on 5 continents including Oxford, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Zurich, Dubai, Athens, Sydney, Milan, Tokyo... SAE graduates are audio engineers, producers, mix engineers, video editors, studio owners and managers who are working in virtually every aspect of the entertainment industry. SAE's Alumni Association is truly global. |
Industry training programs offered at SAE in Los Angeles:
The Audio Technology Program Diploma is a 900-hour program training you to be an audio engineer. At least 360 hours of the program you'll be in the recording studios working on your studio and lab projects. You don't have to pay additional fees for extra recording and mixing time. As a student at SAE, you're encouraged to record, mix, and produce as much as you can, and we'll help you the entire way: from Intro to Audio to job placement assistance after you graduate. The Digital Film Production Diploma recognizes the fact that digital is the future (and in many ways the present) of filmmaking. A 900-hour program covering the entire filmmaking process within a digital context; from basic theory to directing, camera work to screen writing and post production. DFP students complete a series of projects including a short film, documentary, music video and a final thesis project. SAE's Digital Film Editing certificate course is all about constant practicing and completing multiple projects while studying – not just focusing on one big film, but rather targeting everything that happens after the major filming is complete: editing, compositing, blue screen, effects, DVD authoring, etc. and then doing those things in multiple genres including documentary, music video, and television commercials. DFE students build a complete and diverse reel in the 18 weeks they're enrolled in this certificate course. The Electronic Music Production certificate course targets any genre of music that is predominately made using MIDI sequencing software, internal and external samplers. Students learn various software titles, and more importantly techniques to make your own unique sound. EMP serves as a great intro course for the ATP Diploma. |
Upcoming Events:
November 15th : |
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SAE Institute campuses around the USA once again host REMIX HOTEL. The 3-day event will be arriving at SAE-LA December 4th-6th, 2008! Last year the iStandard DJ Battle on Sunset Blvd. was loud enough and packed with enough people to catch the attention of the fire marshal, so be sure to drop by to see what happens this year. Sponsors include: Rane, M-Audio, Denon DJ, Celemony, Digidesign, Roland, Serato, B&H, iStandard, Stanton, Vestex, The Recording Academy, KRK, Pioneer, DubSpot... and many more. All in one place: SAE-LA. (click image for more info) |
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(November, 2008) Red Bull brings "Big Tune" to SAE Institute in Los Angeles. Students and alumni attended the seminar with producers Vitamin D, Jake One, and Black Milk. Half-way through, students who won the most recent SAE-LA beat battle played their tracks for the producers panel for comments and critiques. (more photos) |  |
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(October, 2008) Congratulations to graduating classes ATP0108FT and ATP0507PT! | |
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(October, 2008) SAE Institute at the Audio Engineering Society convention in San Francisco to promote the new campus as well as the new Neve Genesys console; first installation at the Nashville campus. | |
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(August, 2008) NARIP Presents The Art of the Music Deal. NARIP is delighted to present this special session, one in a continuing series of mock negotiations where you get to see a deal hammered out live and in real time! In this Art of the Music Deal session, special guests BFM Digital CEO Steven Corn and music attorney Tom Fox will negotiate a digital distribution agreement. | |
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(July, 2008) SAE Los Angeles students at world famous Soundelux in Hollywood. Special thanks to Operations Manager, Becky Sullivan and Dialog Editor, Dan Irwin for the guided tour. |  |
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(July, 2008) Congratulations to graduating Audio Technology class ATP1007FT! (Pictured here before their final exam in the DFC Dubbing Theatre.) We can't wait to see you continue to grow in the music industry as producers, engineers and composers. |  |
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(June, 2008) Native Instruments completes its nation-wide Kore 2 tour at SAE Institute in Los Angeles. That same night, Ableton had their Albeton Live user group in classroom A. | |
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(June, 2008). Somatone CEO Kane Minkus in a seminar at SAE covering topics including career path development, management, and making it in the ever broadening Music Industry. | |
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(May, 2008) Music industry legend Eddie Kramer whose engineering and producing credits include The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin and countless others spent three days at SAE-LA to record and mix a song from start to finish. Students and alumni had this unique opportunity to assist Mr. Kramer during the sessions and learn from one of the best. The event was co-sponsored by Shure, Millennia, Solid State Logic and the Harman Group. (CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS). Read the Pro Sound News Article. |
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(May, 2008) SSL Seminar covering their latest console and DAW controller the Matrix. Brian Krawcykowski from Solid State Logic also covered their latest X-Logic gear and the Duende system. Sponsored by SAE USA partner West LA Music, and a special thanks for SAE-LA alumni Ziv Gross for helping organize the event. |  |
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(May, 2008) SAE-LA Beat Battle. This round's winner: Glenn Gonda | |
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(April, 2008) Party for graduating classes ATP1006PT and ATP0707FT at Cinespace in Hollywood. We had two new records set: Cris Maurera with "Most Lab Hours" over 1100 studio hours in 9 months! CJ Lee also set a new high score for the in-studio final exam. A big congratulations to class valedictorians, Ronny Mikkelsen (ATP1006PT) and Cris Maurera (ATP0707FT). |  |
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(April, 2008) NARIP presents "The Art of the Music Deal: Producer" Students and NARIP members had a chance to sit in on a real-life record deal negotiation between artist, lawyer and record label executive. | |
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(April, 2008) SAE Electronic Music Night :: An evening of live electro acoustic funk! :: From the Vibration Institute: John Von Seggern, featuring Steve Tav on drums/percussion and Matt Piper on keys :: From the Lucky Cats Dynasty: Henry Strange, featuring DVine on Bass | |
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(March 30th, 2008) dB4, the forth SAE-LA Dodgeball tournament ended with the defending champion staff and faculty team losing their title to the students. (more photos) |  |
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(March 27-29, 2008) 3-IN-3 :: THREE EVENTS IN THREE DAYS @ SAE-LA 27th: Los Angeles Ableton User Group; 28th: NARIP's The Art of the Music Deal: Manager"; and 29th: Free Logic Class for Electronic Music Producer course coordinator Henry Strange: tips and tricks for making tracks with Logic 8 |
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(March, 2008) SAE-LA students tour legendary Capitol Studios. Special thanks to Paula and Bruce for showing us around and sharing stories of some of the amazing sessions that have happened at Capitol. |  |
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(March, 2008) SAE-LA graduate, Andrew Lynch engineered the new Earlimart album. Read more about it on the LA Times web site. | |
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(February, 2008) Online press for SAE Institute's new degree center in Oxford, England: Mix Magazine :: Pro Sound News :: Audio Directory |
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(February, 2008) Mopreme Shakur at SAE Institute's Los Angeles campus to finish up his next record. Mopreme and his crew giving a unique insight into the production and mixing process with SAE students assisting on the sessions in the Neve and ICON studios throughout February. | |
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(January/February, 2008) Engineer, Producer, Noise maker (and SAE instructor) Barry Conley (credits include Miles Davis, George Harrison, Black Label Society, Cyrpress Hill, Stevie Ray Vaughn, etc.) is featured in the January / February issue of TapeOp. As always, Barry "tells it like it is", and talks with TapeOp about his invention the "OutofControl-atron" |  |
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(January, 2008) SAE Institute founder Dr. Tom Misner visits the Los Angeles campus to speak with students about SAE's long history, and future expansion around world in audio, film, gaming, and animation. | |
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(January, 2008) SAE-LA hosted an intimate Cast and Crew screening of the long awaited indie film Starring Disney Channel's Maiara Walsh, and Dean Shelton as the likeable geek. Filmed in Thailand with American actors, "Lullabye Before I Wake" is a unique mixture of dreams and reality that explore the distorted reality of a loser in love. The film is currently scheduled to go to the Byron Bay film festival in Australia in 2008. |
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(January, 2008) SAE-LA hosts the monthly seminars for the Ableton Live Los Angeles User Group with West Coast Product Specialist Laura Escudé and this month's special guests: Brian Lebarton and Jason Chung (NOSAJ THING). | |
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(January, 2008) Producer FOCUS at SAE-LA in an exclusive seminar for SAE students and alumni. More than just working with Dr. Dre as a producer for Aftermath, just a small sample of his other credits include: Beyonce, Destiny's Child, 112, Jennifer Lopez, & Petey Pablo (more photos). Special thanks to SAE-LA Audio Technology Program student Alan Dash who moderated the discussion and set up the appearance! |
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(January, 2008) SAE Institute of Technology announces the establishment of the new Oxford International Degree Center. |
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(December, 2007) SAE-LA closed out the year with a congrats to graduating class ATP0407FT, and our annual holiday benefit party. This year all proceeds went to the HerShe Foundation. We had to out do last year, so this time there were three stages, and over 10 bands, DJ's, and hip hop acts playing throughout the night. Thanks to Red Bull and KS for co-sponsoring and providing sound. |
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