The Recording Arts Center TRAC

School for Audio Engineering & Production

Digidesign Authorized Pro School

858-592-9497

Offering classes in North County San Diego & Downtown San Diego



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Student Testimonials

Pro Tools 101 was a great class! Drove from Vegas to get some training and I will drive back for more classes. Great instructor!

Marcus Affeldt

Away Station

Originally I planned to take 101, 110, 201 and 210M to qualify as an Operator.  Now I can better see that to be the engineer I want to be there is a broader skill set and knowledge out there to be acquired.  I cannot tell you how exciting and inspiring this is to me.  I am sold on TRAC and have added The Art of Mixing, Audio Recording Techniques, Songwriting and Waves to my future enrollment plan.

Ben Oberlin

(Pro Tools 101) completely satisfied my expectations. It allowed me to connect my new skills with previous knowledge and hopefully future knowledge as well.

Matt Tammariello

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Why Train With Us

  • Get your Pro Tools certification
  • Develop or enhance your home recording knowledge and skills
  • Get hands-on training and guidance from certified, professional instructors
  • "Try on" a course before investing in a lengthy certification or degree program
  • Take courses in a working studio and learn from experts in the industry
  • Network with other home recordists and recording professionals

The Recording Arts Center operates out of 2 locations in San Diego. The North County location is a dedicated training space within Studio West, the largest and most established recording studio in San Diego County. In this location, students also have access to special reduced rates on Pro Tools HD rigs in our dedicated Edit Suites.

Our second location is in the heart of downtown San Diego, just around the block from Capricorn Studios. Both locations are facilitated with individual Mac based workstations running the latest versions of 7.x software.

TRAC offers a wide variety of classes with flexible schedules that are designed to give students the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the world of audio and post production. We are also happy to offer students the opportunity to retake certification courses again at no extra cost if they are not initially successful.

Class size is strictly limited to ensure that students work on dedicated iMac/M Box 2 Pro Tools workstations for Pro Tools 101 and Pro Tools 110.  All 200- and 300-level Pro Tools classes are taught on Pro Tools HD systems, and all our instructors are working professionals in their chosen fields.

At TRAC we are proud of our affiliations with some of the leaders in audio production. We offer certifications from such industry leaders as Digidesign and Waves, and you will be learning on state of the art digital audio workstations built around Apple computers and Digidesign Pro Tools hardware. Some of our classes are taught at Studio West, where you will get the chance to work on consoles from Solid State Logic, and use microphones from industry leaders like Neuman and AKG.