• Lecturers
• Graduates
• Testimonials
• Partners
• Three Month Internship as Studio Assistant in The Engine Room
• Where are you now?

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Graduates
Careers open to successful candidates are varied. Graduates can gain employment in areas such as Studio, Live, TV, Film, Radio, Advertising Jingles, Theatre, Computers, Band Management, Stage Management, Post-Production, Animation and so on. Below is a list of some of our past pupils and the positions they hold:
Darren Phelan Director - Studio Solutions Equipment Hire	Julia Matthews Live Sound Engineer Brendan O'Carroll	Adrian Brett House Engineer, The Farm
Damien Bolger Freelance Stage Manager/Location Recording. Clients include AC/DC, Oasis, Robbie Williams, The Meteor Awards, Top of The Pops Awards	Mark Dwyer Assistant House Engineer, Windmill Lane Recording Studios. Clients include Shania Twain, U2, Van Morrison, Belinda Carlisle, Norah Jones, Six, Aslan, Gavin Friday (Neil Jordan Soundtrack)	Alvin Sweeney Mix Engineer, Biffco Recording Studios. Clients include: Kylie Minogue, Gabrielle, Will Young, Abs, Five, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham
John Wilde Bookings Manager - Temple Bar Music Centre. Winner Meteor Award with Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club	Ken Tysom Live Sound Engineer, Dublin Castle. Practical Lecturer, Pulse Recording College	Ken McHugh Director, Area 51 Recording Studios. Clients include David Kitt, Mundy & Bon Jovi
Emma-Jane Lennon Administrator, Biffco Recording Studios. Clients include Kylie Minogue, Gabrielle, Will Young, Abs, Five, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham	Greg French House Engineer, Westland Recording Studios. Clients include The Corrs, U2, Mercury Rev, Samantha Mumba, Massive Attack, Sinead O'Connor, Patrick Bergin, Pierce Brosnan	Paul Brady Assistant Engineer, Biffco Recording Studios. Clients include Kylie Minogue, Gabrielle, Will Young, Abs, Five, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham
Susan Fagan Foley Engineer – Games Company, UK	Dave Morgan Songwriter, Biffco Recording Studios. Clients include Kylie Minogue, Gabrielle, Will Young, Abs, Five, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham	Pep Aguilo Post Production Engineer, Redback Studios, Barcelona
Clive Ferguson Freelance Live Sound Engineer, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. omni-sound.com	Rohan Igoe MTV London, Live & Broadcast	Darren Rice Beat 102-103, Production Manager/Presenter
Jonathan Berkeley Jack L (bass player, live engineer & studio) - Live gig recording, P.A Hire, Mixing/production of demos & albums	Kestutis Katilius on completion of the Pulse course, Kestutis got a job as a Sound Engineer in MTV Baltic.	George Finnis Founder allaboutsound.co.za
Fergus Brown & Niall McMonagle House Engineer, The Engine Room Recording Studios. Clients include Hot House Flowers, The Thrills, New Order, Mary Black, Christy Moore, The Walls, Juliette Turner	Thomas Reynolds Founder & Director North Circular Road Studios. Clients Include The Thrills, BellX1, The Frames, Gemma Hayes	Trevor Cunningham Location Sound Engineer, King Aurthur, Panorama, Only Fools Buy Horses, Close Encounters, No Fs
John Mullen Sound Engineer, TV3	Roisin King Manager, In-Flight Audio	James Daly House Engineer, Reel Good Studios
Ray Verscoyle Freelance Engineer, Don Baker	Anthony McManus Production Manager, Mid West Radio	John Grogan Audio Visual Engineer, Rea Sound
James Loughlin-Lunt House Engineer, The Da2	Mary Feane Engineer, Trend Duplication Studios	Karl Gibbons Studio Founder, Spain
Cathal Molloy Director, Garage Studios, Co.Kildare	Jamie Carroll Mobile DJ	Andrew McNeive House Engineer
Debbie Smith Sound Engineer, Lime Street Studios	Barry Crowley Mastering Engineer, Trend Studios, Dublin	Kieran Loftus House Engineer, The Da2
Steven Maher worked for Screenscene until Feb'08. Just started in Number 4, Windmill Lane as assistant sound engineer. Worked with Setanta Sports	Nick Netto Working in nearFM. Sound Systems, Hosting Outside Broadcasting & general maintenance. Also worked in the Point Depot, Electric Picnic & the street performance world championship. Record Bands & a lot of mixing.	Sinead Murphy Working for Servecast, my role is in broadcasting corporate & musical events. Clients include: Vodafone, Aer Lingus, Bank of Ireland, Prudential, HSBC.. etc have also worked with Sony Ericsson who launched their phone with Groove Armanda & have also webcasted 2 Radiohead gigs in the UK.
Ronan Phelan Assistant Engineer, Sphere Studios, London. Worked with Queen, Duran Duran, Fron Choir, Delta Goodrem, Bryan McFadden, Mick Jones (The Clash), Paul Potts, Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat, X-Factor, Tony Moore, Kano, Michael English, Erruer Fatale, Nigel Wright, Andrew Llyod Webber, Timbaland, Joshua Blair	Rody Quinlan Aquarius Sound & Lighting, theatrework, big concerts, some installs, live sound, recording and mixing. Recently; Live lighting and visual mixing.	Stephen Moran Freelance Sound Engineer. Worked with Baggatelle, Derek Warfield, Jack L, Finbar Furey, Tommy Tiernan. sjmsoundengineer.com
John Gilleese Vicar St. Stage Crew: June '06 - Present Festival Stage Crew: Electric Picnic '06/'07, Midlands '07, Lovebox '07, Some Days Never End '07 Dun Laoghaire Festival '07 Farmleigh Affair Festival '07 Worked with: LL Cool J, Roxy Music, Wilco, Steve Earle, Henry Rollins, The Flaming Lips, Devo, Van Morrison & lots more..	Lee Boylan Founder of Inglewood Studios Produced and Recorded FIGHT LIKE APES Also worked with bands like GRAND POCKET ORCHESTRA, THE MIGHTY STEF, THE HASSLE MERCHANTS, THE GORGEOUS COLOURS, SICKBOY amongst others	Brian O'Murchu Working freelance and engineer for Fionn Regan, HAL, Slow Club and Monsenior. Also touring with Fionn Regan as a drummer/bassist and occasional Piano/Lapsteel player.
Dave Muldowney Live Engineer, PH Systems, CAVS & Litton Lane, Dublin		Ivan Jackman Lecturer, Sound Engineering, Bray College

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Testimonials

"After completing a boring science degree at UCD I decided it was time to try something new and fun. With travelling highest on the agenda a neighbour informed me of the course he had taken at Pulse Recording. Possessing a limited background only in music performance I was blown away by the facilities at Pulse and what the course had to offer. I enrolled and, under the brilliant guidance of their warm and friendly staff I was soon working as the assistant engineer at Windmill Lane Recording. I never did make it travelling but I'd never have been afforded the chance to work at Windmill if it hadn't been for the brilliant course at Pulse. I couldn't recommend it enough!"

"After completing parts 1 and 2 City and Guilds at Pulse College I set up a small live sound company with another Pulse student. Since then we have both toured internationally as live sound engineers while maintaining our business at home.

The course in Pulse College has proven to be invaluable in my understanding of audio in general and specifically in relation to how to control it in a live context.

I found the people and the environment at Pulse to be excellent in helping me get to grips with the many and varied aspects of the audio industry.

There is a huge emphasis on development within the college which helps to keep both students and lecturers at the cutting edge of the industry and any time I call in there is a new course in place and the most up to date audio equipment has been installed. This commitment to development and technology makes Pulse College the leader in its field. I highly recommend any of the courses to anybody with an interest in the audio industry."

"Pulse Recording College was, for me, invaluable in making that first step into the world of recording and music production. A truly great educational facility for anyone embarking on a career in sound engineering."

"Deciding to study sound engineering at Pulse Recording College turned out to be the most important decision I made in my whole life. The quality of the course content combined with the support on offer provided me with all the tools I needed to go on and become a successful engineer and producer. In the music business you really need to learn to walk before you can run, and there is no better place in the country to do that! Although ten years have passed since I finished the course I still have a great relationship with the staff members and regularly record and mix in their studios, Area 51 and The Engine Room."

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"Last summer I was the House Engineer in the Corkscrew Wine Bar on Esmonde Street in Gorey. I did front of house for Luan Parle, Roesy, David Kitt, Eleanor McEvoy and Mary Coughlin. Now working in Tyrell CCT Ireland Ltd where I basically run the place for them. I purchase, sell and support most of the Digidesign product range along with copious amounts of Apple hardware and software and anything else people want. Some of our customers that I deal with are RTE, Windmill Lane, Screen Scene, The Farm, Limerick IT, Tallaght IT, Lotus Films, Reelgood and many more. I also am solely responsible for the Tyrell Store website."

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"I started working with an AV company back in August, just after I finished my course in Pulse. I worked with AVS until February 2008. I was setting up PA systems for conferences and operating them. I got to travel a lot all over the country which was cool. I got offered a two year contract with RTE in December to work in TV Sound dept. Currently I'm working in RTE whenever they need me, which is usually once or twice a fortnight; sometimes more, it varies a lot. I'm hoping the hours will improve the longer I'm there. I'm doing a lot of freelance light and sound work in theatres too, I've been involved in a few tours and musicals. I can honestly say that the 2 year course in Pulse has prepared me for working in the industry, from simple things like wrapping cables properly to knowing the Midas Venice desk inside out. (It's amazing how many people work in live sound who can't wrap a cable or use a mixing desk properly)."

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"You guys are one of the best colleges that I’ve attended with such great supportive staff members, I’m who I am today because of your believe and support". George is current working as a facilitator, assessor and moderator for NQF 4&5 Sound Technology learnership with GSF Education and working as a monitor engineer for one of South Africa's top hip hop artist known as HIP HOP PANTSULA."

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"Since doing the course I have started working in a radio station in Belfast called Feile Fm, it is part of Feile an Phobail one of the biggest community festivals in Europe and I am currently part of their production team and present 2 shows for them on Saturdays. I am also still studying and hope to finish my degree in Music technology in Queens University Belfast. Thanks very much to everyone in Pulse, I reckon you set me up nicely to be a pro in the industry."

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"Pulse was the beginning of my career as a sound engineer. After 10 years working in different postproduction facilities, I have just opened my own recording studio."

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Industry Partners

"The growth of Inflight Dublin's international airline client base has a definite association with the Education Department of Pulse Recording Studios.

As Inflight Dublin grew its business to encompass over sixty airlines worldwide, the need for technically savvy studio staff grew proportionately. Our requirement was for personnel that exhibited a professional grounding in the basics of digital audio engineering combined with an appetite to combine contemporary recording principles with the demands of airborne inflight entertainment systems.

Based on our initial dealings with Pulse, we turned to them directly to fill fledgling posts and to carry out initial evaluations. That was some five years ago. Today Inflight Dublin enjoys a turnover of US$7 million and many of those early Pulse students now hold senior departmental and managerial posts with INFLIGHT DUBLIN.

Our experience with Pulse has been a very positive one and we look forward to working with them again as we work to scale our business."

"We've employed Pulse graduates in the past and generally found them to be excellent. At present (April 2007), two of them continue to work here and we always approach Pulse when we need new blood in the studio or audio areas. Proper training is essential in any industry and Pulse's contribution in this area is important."

"Over the years we've had many Graduates From Pulse Recording College come to work with us at the Cauldron. One of our Full Time Engineers is a Graduate from the College - So that says it all really!! We've also consistently been happy with their level of Training and Knowledge of the studio and recording process"

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Three Month Internship as Studio Assistant in The Engine Room

The most "outstanding" student of the year will be offered an internship in The Engine Room.

The winner will be chosen not only on academic results achieved, but also on innovation, motivation and participation in all areas of the course.

As a member of "The Pulse Team", this internship will give you invaluable experience and training for your future as a sound engineer!

Outstanding students who have previously been chosen to train in-house include:

Debbie Smith
Meave Buckley
Kieran Lynch (U2)
Fergus Brown (Wolftones, Hot House Flowers, Chieftains, Brian McFadden, Mary Black)
Niall McMonagle (Bon Jovi, 50 Cent, Snoop Dog, Declan O'Rourke)

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Where are you now?

Are you a Pulse Recording College Past Pupil? If so, mail us here and let us know what you're up to now!