Recording Institute of Canada

Its a scam. I went there, lost 15k$ (back in 2012) and a year of my life. They sell you the idea that the industry is looking for new blood and youre pretty much guaranteed to have a job when you graduate. The reality is different. If you want to work in a studio, prepare for an unpaid internship. If you want to be a sound technician at shows and events, prepare for years of stage technician work (assembling stage risers, putting cables in places and disassembling risers/ coiling cables when show is over) before even thinking of touching a console and getting paid for it. Prepare to work 60-80 hours weeks in summertime and eat peanut butter in winter when theres no job. We would often be told by teachers to go and watch this or that YouTube video.. and would learn more from an hour long video than a week of RAC education. They made us buy expensive books and never had any assignment or discussion about the book. The book itself was educative, but at the price you pay for the diploma, I wouldve expected the teacher to elaborate on the topics in the book or something more than nothing at all. During the year I was there we had 3 different school principals. The teachers too would change a lot, youd get a new guy mid-semester and never see him again next semester. Was it as awful a place to work as it was to study? I believe today its around $18k to graduate there. Retrospectively what I would do for 18k is buy the gear I need, some books to get the basic/intermediate knowledge and watch YouTube videos for more advanced stuff. You can learn a whole lot more if youre motivated by doing this 4 hours a day rather than going to RAC 4 hours a day. Get a studio internship where you will learn even more and get contacts. If you want to do sound for live events, youre gonna need contacts because the diploma itself is absolutely worthless for that matter. All that for an irregular job that doesnt pay well. Dont go there, dont go to Trebas or any other place that will not give you the diplome dtudes collgiales en techniques audiovisuelles. And still, you could get a better job doing a DEP and becoming a plumber,electrician, operator etc.
Mar 14th, 2023

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Aug 20th, 2022

Had been making music for a few years already. Applied to RAC to improve my skills and knowledge in music. The mission was to elevate my game to a professional level. Mission accomplished.
Jun 11th, 2022

(Translated by Google) I went to this school! Recording Arts Canada | Recording Institute of Canada. I was even an instructor there for 2-3 years, hired without any experience :) when I think about it, it didn't make any sense. I would tell you that putting $18,000 in a fire or going to that school is pretty much equivalent. Trust me I have seen the tactics from the inside. On the other hand, if you know someone who is passionate about sound, I advise him to go to Cgep d'Alma or Cgep de Drummondville for the province of Quebec, it will take a little longer but in the end it will be equivalent price wise and you won't be fattening a private school's bank account with questionable enrollment ethics and techniques. Don't let passion blind you like it did to me, take your time and put your money elsewhere. They have a way of using your dream of making sound to line their pockets. If I can encourage a single person with a real passion to go elsewhere, it will already be done!! I went to this school! Recording Arts Canada | Recording Institute of Canada. I was even an instructor there for 2-3 years, hired without any experience :) when I think about it, it didn't make any sense. I would tell you that putting $18,000 in a fire or going to that school is pretty much equivalent. Trust me I have seen the tactics from the inside. On the other hand, if you know someone who is passionate about sound, I advise him to go to Cgep d'Alma or Cgep de Drummondville for the province of Quebec, it will take a little longer but in the end it will be equivalent price wise and you won't be fattening a private school's bank account with questionable enrollment ethics and techniques. Don't let passion blind you like it did to me, take your time and put your money elsewhere. They have a way of using your dream of making sound to line their pockets. If I can encourage a single young person with a real passion to go elsewhere, it will already be done!! (Original) I went to this school! Recording Arts Canada | Recording Institute of Canada. I was even an instructor there for 2-3 years, hired without any experience :) when I think about it, it didn't make any sense. I would tell you that putting $18,000 in a fire or going to that school is pretty much equivalent. Trust me I have seen the tactics from the inside. On the other hand, if you know someone who is passionate about sound, I advise him to go to Cgep d'Alma or Cgep de Drummondville for the province of Quebec, it will take a little longer but in the end it will be equivalent price wise and you won't be fattening a private school's bank account with questionable enrollment ethics and techniques. Don't let passion blind you like it did to me, take your time and put your money elsewhere. They have a way of using your dream of making sound to line their pockets. If I can encourage a single person with a real passion to go elsewhere, it will already be done!! J'y suis all cette cole! Recording Arts Canada | Institut d'enregistrement du Canada. Jy ai mme t instructeur pendant 2-3 ans, engag sans aucune exprience:) quand jy repense, a ne faisait aucun sens. Je vous dirais que mettre 18000$ dans un feu ou aller cette cole est peu prs quivalent. Faite moi confiance jai vu les tactiques de lintrieur. En revanche, si vous connaissez qqun qui est passionn par le son, je lui conseille d'aller au Cgep d'Alma ou Cgep de Drummondville pour la province du Qubec, a va tre un peu plus long mais au final ce sera quivalent price wise et vous n'aurez pas engraisser le compte en banque d'une cole priv avec une thique et des techniques dinscriptions douteuse. Ne laissez pas la passion vous aveugler, comme ce fut le cas pour moi, prenez le temps et mettez votre argent ailleurs. Ils ont le tour pour utiliser votre rve de faire du son pour sen mettre plein les poches. Si je peu encourager un seul jeune avec une passion vritable daller ailleurs ce sera dj a de faite !!
Nov 11th, 2022