Train inside a working Boston recording studio — learning engineering on live client sessions from day one, not simulations.
Other programs hand you a studio contact and wish you luck. We are the studio.
Plaid Dog Recording is a professional recording studio in Boston. Our clients are real. Our sessions are real. And when you apprentice here, you learn the same way every great engineer did — by doing the work, in the room, alongside people who do it every day.
Shadow real sessions, attend a focused weekly cohort class, and put it all into practice in the lab — every week, all program long.
Rotate through live client recording sessions — drums, vocals, bands, solo artists. You're in the room watching how it's actually done.
Session ShadowingSmall cohort sessions (5 students max) focused on one topic each week — EQ, compression, mic placement, session workflow, and more.
Cohort ClassIndependent lab time in the studio. Put what you learned into practice on real sessions and tracks — not simulations.
Lab TimeEnroll in one module or both. Each module is 12 weeks and designed to take you from observer to practitioner.
What you'll learn
The fundamentals of recording: signal chain, mic placement, DAW workflow, session management, recording drums and live instruments, and how to run a professional tracking session from top to bottom.
What you'll learn
The craft of mixing: EQ and compression, reverb and delay, parallel processing, referencing, stem mixing, and the fundamentals of mastering for streaming and release.
Best for students committed to becoming full-service engineers. Save 10% when you commit to both.
