Alchemea College Full Time Course Overview

The audio engineering industry is very competitive. It demands the highest levels of professionalism and dedication and in return offers fabulous rewards and great fulfilment to those who succeed in it. Our objective at ALCHEMEA is to enable you to share in those rewards.

Our full time courses are designed to provide you with the knowledge, experience and confidence to compete in this industry to the best of your ability. We aim to produce not graduate students, but industry professionals. We are also proud to be the South of England’s only Digidesign Pro School and an Apple Authorised Training Centre. It is these manufacturer accreditations that provide employers with the guarantee that you are able to manipulate industry standard tools like Pro Tools and Logic Pro quickly and accurately.

There are a number of points that distinguish ALCHEMEA from other colleges and courses you may be considering:

State of the art equipment: ALCHEMEA has excellent studio facilities and equipment that is regularly updated:

  • 5.1 Cinema Dubbing Theatre based around Digidesign’s flagship ICON D-Control work surface
  • Euphonix CS3000 control room: Pro Tools HD3 Accel, great outboard & Otari MTR90 2” tape machine
  • SSL G-series control room, analogue outboard & Otari MTR90 2” tape machine
  • Electronic Music Production Room: Virus, Nord, NI Komplete, Waves diamond bundle + much more!
  • Apple Training Room. Every student uses their own Imac G5, Digidesign M-box and Radium Keyboard
  • Mac G5 and PC workstations loaded with all the latest music production software
  • Introduction to Synthesis
  • 3 fully routable live recording areas including vocal booth


Practical learning time: There is no substitute for experience. Diploma students at ALCHEMEA have on average at least 30 hours of individual practical time every week, and the studios are open and supervised 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. None of our competitors give you this much studio time to practise techniques, master equipment, and build up confidence and experience.

Quality of education: We limit the size of our classes to ten, allowing personal attention for each student. Theory is taught to enhance understanding of equipment operation and audio techniques and to enable you to understand new technology as it appears.

Equipment included: Every Diploma student receives a 2GHz Apple MacBook and a Pro Tools Mbox Mini as part of their Diploma course. Studio Assistant Certificate students receive just the Pro Tools Mbox Mini.

Educational discounts on equipment: As a student at ALCHEMEAyou are able to benefit from the fantastic deals we receive on hardware and software from the leading music tech manufacturers. 40% on Pro Tools LE products and over 60% on Logic Pro. Discounts are also available when buying Cubase, Reason and many other products.

ALCHEMEA achieves results. Over 85% of diploma graduates find employment within 6 months. We are confident that no other audio engineering college offers courses of this quality. Come and visit us, talk to our students and see for yourself. We strongly recommend you visit ALCHEMEA before applying for a course here: our courses are very intensive and may not appeal to everyone. However, if you enjoy hard work in a creative and demanding environment and genuinely intend to achieve success in this industry, then ALCHEMEA will be the right choice for you.

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