HND Sound Production
Overview
Design it! Mix it! Master it!
Mix a track, design the sound for a game, master a finished record. This hands-on HND covers the full range of modern music and sound production.
Continuing on from our HNC Sound Production course, you'll spend your time on practical projects across Advanced Studio Production, Game Audio, Electronic Music Production, Spatial Recording & Reproduction, Mastering & Audio Restoration and Audio Post Production, all in our professional studios and labs.
The HND is equivalent to the second year of a degree, so you can step straight into the industry or move on to our BA and BA (Hons) Sound Production. Many of our students do exactly that.
Entry
Progressing? You'll need an HNC in Sound Production, which is Year 1 of the HND. Our own successful HNC students move straight into Year 2.
Studied elsewhere? If you gained your HNC at another college, you're very welcome to apply.
Still at school? Start with our HNC Sound Production course, your first step onto the HND and towards a degree.
Learn
You'll build the practical and theoretical skills the sound production industry expects, from advanced microphone and hardware techniques in different recording situations to confident use of industry-standard software including Pro Tools and Ableton Live.
In the studio
Running your own recording sessions with support from your lecturers, you'll develop the advanced editing skills used in sound recordings, TV, film and game design. You'll create song arrangements and productions, and mix in surround formats used across film, TV and streaming. Game audio runs throughout the course, a specialism in growing demand as studios build ever more detailed sound worlds.
Working like a professional
Technical skill gets you in the door, but it's how you work that builds a career. You'll develop the habits the industry expects: communicating with clients, working in teams, making decisions under pressure and delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines.
Collaborate across the college
You'll have the chance to work with students from music, business, performing arts, and film and TV, taking on projects that mirror real industry work. Few other courses can offer that range of collaborators under one roof.
It's experience that builds your portfolio, your contacts and your confidence, so you graduate ready for work or for degree-level study.
Where can I go from here?
Graduates of this course will be able to go directly into the following courses:
