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ARC Commercial Music Program offers certificates & degrees in Recording, Music Business, & Pro Tools.

10/23/2026

2nd-level ARC engineering students wrap up another fantastic-sounding session with Greedy Squeeze, including vocal overdubs and guitar layers over a live rhythm section. 🎚️ 🎛️

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10/18/2026

Our 2nd-level ARC engineering students are absolutely owning Studio B during their first live session tracking South Lake Tahoe's "Pink Saturn." 🎚️ 🎛️

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10/12/2026

Our 3rd-level ARC engineering students are shown here in a dual-studio session with the band Gospel TBD, tracking straight to 2-inch analog tape.

To get the best possible separation and tone, students managed a complex signal flow across our two main studios, with the rhythm section live in Studio B while keeping the vocals perfectly isolated over in Studio A. Hitting physical tape means committing to your sounds at the source, while executing the engineering, routing, and analog workflow flawlessly. 📼 🔥

ARC Commercial Music program:
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https://www.facebook.com/arc.commercial.music
https://www.instagram.com/arc_commercial_music/
https://www.sacramentorecordingschool.com/

10/08/2026

A massive thank you to Chris Mara for bringing his "Reels on Wheels" tour to American River College on September 25th! 🎛️

Our Commercial Music students got a hands-on demonstration of a fully restored Mara Machines tape deck.

Chris walked us through creative ways to utilize analog tape in today’s hybrid tracking and mixing workflows. Students learned how to hit tape to capture natural compression and harmonic saturation — the perfect bridge between vintage sonic footprints and modern production techniques. Check out the photos below to see the rig in action!

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ARC Commercial Music program:
https://linktr.ee/arc_commercial_music
https://www.facebook.com/arc.commercial.music
https://www.instagram.com/arc_commercial_music/
https://www.sacramentorecordingschool.com/

09/13/2026

ARC's Audio for Video recording class shown here working on ADR for their short film projects during lab hours. Our four studios are available on non-instruction days for qualified students to work on course-related or personal audio projects.

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09/06/2026

ARC's Audio for Video recording class shown here working on their first project of the Fall 2026 semester in all four of our facility's recording studios; A mix for a short film.

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07/07/2026

Sacramento State College Jazz band at ARC Studios! Tracked live by our American River College Commercial Music students. Performers were split between two separate studios with Pro Tools sync'd over ARC's multi-studio audio and video network. The band performed fabulously, and the recording sounded fantastic! Thanks Steve and Greg.

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Learn more about our Commercial Music Program, the classes we offer, and how to register here: https://linktr.ee/arc_commercial_music

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05/26/2026

Jon Talbot cannot be left alone for more than five (5) minutes without tearing all of the wires out of a studio. He began rewiring Studio B the moment the 2025/2026 school year ended! We can all sleep well on our summer vacations knowing that JT is keeping the American River College studios in perfect running order.

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05/12/2026

ARC's 2nd level 344 recording class shown recording the Mariachi Los Rios concert from Studio A. Along with a multitrack recording, students must simultaneously create a live stereo mix.

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05/04/2026

ARC's 3rd level 350 recording class, shown tracking the band "O'er Earth and Sea" for their final Spring 2026 project of the semester.

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Address

4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA
95841

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19164848871

Website

https://linktr.ee/arc_commercial_music

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