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The Sound Lab @ RME
Located on the 2nd floor of the RME, our Sound Lab audio engineering studio features state-of-the-art equipment and instructional courses tailored to accommodate new and aspiring audio engineers, as well as intermediate and advanced level students, that want to hone their audio and recording skills.
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Sound Lab Audio Engineering 103 Classes beginning Monday, February 11, 2013. RME will offer AE103 Sound Lab class beginning on Feb.11 through April 3. Class meets on Mondays from 5:30-7:30 pm, with lab sessions on Wednesdays 5:30-8:00 pm. Presenter: RME Sound Lab instructor is Lars Rehnberg, and previous completion of AE101 is strongly suggested as a prerequisite. Tuition for the 8-week program is $400, plus $40 for single text book used in all Sound Lab classes.
Please note: Students registering for all three class sessions AE101, AE102, AE103 will receive a discount of 10% off tuition (savings of $120), with full payment in advance.
Audio Engineering 103 – Advanced Audio Engineering
Monday, February 11 through Wednesday, April 3. Monday nights, 5:30-7pm, Wednesday nights, 5:30-8pm
Tuition: $400
Audio Engineering 101 – Beginning Audio Engineering
Tuesday, February 12 through Saturday, April 6. Tuesday nights, 5:30-7pm, Saturday afternoons, 1-3pm
Tuition: $400 + $40 textbook fee = $440
Audio Engineering 102 - Intermediate Audio Engineering
Mon, April 15 through Wed, June 5. Monday nights, 5:30-7pm, Wednesday nights, 5:30-8pm
Tuition: $400
Audio Engineering 101 – Beginning Audio Engineering
Mon, June 17 through Wed, August 7. Monday nights, 5:30-7pm, Wednesday nights, 5:30-8pm
Tuition: $400 + $40 textbook fee = $440
Please note: Students registering for all three class sessions AE101, AE102, AE103 will receive a discount of 10% off tuition (savings of $120), will full payment in advance.
Sound Lab Registration
To register for Audio Engineering classes, please fill out the form below and proceed with payment via PayPal or you can download the registration form. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.
Please note: Those registering for Audio Engineering 101 online will need to pay additional $40 for the class text book. Online registrations will also need to complete and bring to class, the Recording Studio Student/Participant Waiver, which can be down loaded here.
If you download our form, please complete with payment and mail to:
River Music Experience
c/o Ellis Kell
129 N. Main Street
Davenport, IA 52801
Registration Questions?
Contact Ellis Kell for more details
Phone: 563-326-1333, ext. 113
How Advanced is the Program?
The series of three 8-week courses progress from a hands on introduction to the equipment, to more advanced techniques, to a capstone project, which features a multi-track recording of a Quad-City musician or group.
The studio boasts full multi-track recording capabilities, professional editing software, and features an isolation booth suitable for recording vocals, drums, or any other electric or acoustic instrument.
Course Descriptions
Audio Engineering 101 provides a hands-on introduction to acoustics, microphones, audio interfaces, and multi-track digital recording techniques. The Sound Lab studio uses industry-standard equipment including Pro Tools 7 software, Mbox 2 and Digi003 audio interfaces, and a closet of dynamic and condenser microphones. Students finish the course with the ability to record and mix broadcast-quality recordings, as well as a working knowledge of current digital and analog recording hardware.
Audio Engineering 102 delves into more technical, but deeply important aspects of audio production such as sequencing and MIDI, compression and gating, advanced miking and mixing techniques, VST plugins, automation, cd authoring, soldering, and the ever-fascinating field of psychoacoustics (interactions between sound and the brain). In preparation for AE103, students spend time refining studio techniques to becomes more accurate and efficient, and "developing their ears" to be able to discern minute differences in the quality of recordings.
In Audio Engineering 103, students use the studio facilities to produce a capstone project – a multi-track recording for a Quad Cities musician or group. With instructional guidance, students are allowed to manage the entire recording project – booking the artists, scoring and arranging, rhythm mapping, tracking, overdubbing, mixing, mastering, and delivery. The effort will require every skill learned in AE101 and AE102, as well as customer service and project management. After recording wraps up, the class continues with "the rest of the process" – packaging design, promotion, distribution, royalty calculation, and copyright law. The skills developed in this section make the difference between becoming a reliable audio engineer and becoming a "producer."
Tuition Costs
Tuition for each 8-week program is $400, plus a single textbook required for all three courses (textbook is available for purchase at RME = $40 additional). Financial assistance may be available for those who qualify. To sign-up or for additional questions regarding “The Sound Lab at River Music Experience,” please contact Ellis Kell at 563-326-1333 ext. 113.
Financial Assistance
The Moline Foundation has awarded River Music Experience (RME) limited grant funding to be designated as financial assistance for low income and/or at risk youth. Applicable programming includes The Sound Lab @ RME.
Interested parties may apply for financial assistance by requesting an application form specific to a particular program, and may also contact RME with regards to program opportunities for at risk youth. RME is very grateful to The Moline Foundation for their funding support of our youth programs
Instructor Background 
Head Instructor Lars Rehnberg is an award-winning composer, an avid classical guitarist, and Creative Director of River Drive Records. The fledgling record label received national press on BMI.com and other sites recently when a recording they produced for singer/songwriter Kyle Ferguson won the John Lennon Songwriting competition. Other recent project include audio and video recordings for the Bix Jazz Festival, Circa '21, West Music, and Chamber Music Quad Cities.
Mr. Rehnberg has studied education for 12 years, audio engineering and acoustics for 13 years, and music theory for 15 years. He loves to teach, and is fortunate to have had over a decade of classroom experience, from academic tutoring in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, to High School-level Special Education in Easton, Massachusetts, to Freshman English Composition at the University of Alabama. He currently sings and plays guitar for the local rock/flamenco/jazz band Ragaman.
Mr. Rehnberg designed the recording curricula for the Sound Lab program with a strong emphasis on real-world production skills. Students finish their first recording after only 4 hours of class time. The program, which is the only one of its kind in the Quad Cities, consists of three 8-week courses taken in a sequence.