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The Lab is where you get the opportunity to practice and perfect your craft.

Besides class time, students can reserve time in the labs for after hour’s sessions to further hone their skills or work on projects. Each lab focuses on a specific technique or technology and is set up with individual workstations giving each student maximum “seat time.”


Digital Labs

CRAS Digital Labs

Each digital lab is equipped with a variety of electronic instruments which can interface with your Laptop Recording Package. Experiment with analog and digital tone generators and get hands-on with different hardware controllers by mix and matching various gear into larger systems.

CRAS Digital Labs Gear

GILBERT

Moog Slim Phatty - tabletop analog synthesizer
Akai MPC 2000 - classic sampling drum machine
Akai Miniak - 3 octave modeling synthesizer with vocoder
Roland Gaia SH-01 - 3 octave modeling synthesizer
Alesis QS 6.2 - 5 octave keyboard with multi-timbral sound module
Korg Triton - 5 octave keyboard with multi-timbral sound module
Hafler Active Monitors
Behringer Europak
Tascam DA-38
 TEMPE

Novation Ultranova - 3 octave keyboard with advanced
Dave Smith Instruments Mopho - tabletop analog synthesizer
Simmons SMPD1 - drum pad controller with integrated drum machine
Roland Gaia SH-01 - 3 octave modeling synthesizer
Alesis QS 6.2 - 5 octave keyboard with multi-timbral sound module
Korg Triton - 5




Mixdown Labs

CRAS Mixdown Labs

Each of the CRAS Mixdown stations is a complete studio featuring a mixer, with advanced routing and signal processing, busses, aux send and grouping functions. These workstations also include a selection of time-based processors, gates, limiters and a patch bay. In the Mixdown Labs, students learn the basic skills that will eventually be put to use in their professional careers. Like all CRAS facilities, the Mixdown Labs are open 24/7 so students can practice and learn at their own pace.

CRAS Mixdown Labs Gear

GILBERT

Allen and Heath GL 2200 24x4x2 (6)
TC Electronics M 3000
Samson 4 Channel S-Gate
Behringer Composer Pro-XL MD 2600
 TEMPE

Allen and Heath GL 2400 24x4x2
TC Electronics M 3000
Samson 4 Channel S-Gate




CRAS Pro Tools Labs

When the first version of Sound Designer, what was to eventually become Pro Tools, was introduced in 1984, nobody thought that one day it would become the ubiquitous force it is today. 1991 saw the introduction of what we now know as Pro Tools. CRAS saw and understood the potential of this new way of recording and as early as 1993 was offering instruction in its use, becoming the first audio recording school to be an authorized training center.

Today, Pro Tools is the industry-leading recording software program and can be found in every studio, live venue or post house… and CRAS offers six tiers of Pro Tools certifications insuring its graduates are ready to roll.

CRAS Pro Tools Labs Gear

GILBERT

Apple Mac Pro Quad Core (1)Pro Tools HD1
(1)Digidesign 96 I/O Interface (6Oxygen 8
Controller (6)ART DPSII Tube Preamps (6)
 TEMPE

Apple Mac Pro Quad Core (6)Pro Tools HD1
(6)Digidesign 96 I/O Interface (6)Oxygen 8
Controller (6)ART DPSII Tube Preamps (6)

CRAS Grad
Career Opportunities
Recording engineer
- Music
- Soundtracks
Game audio designer
- Video games
- Apps
- Mobile audio
Live sound engineer
- Concerts
- Stage monitors
Radio production
- Location remotes
- Live radio
Corporate media tech
- Hotels
- Conference centers
- Boardrooms
TV/video scoring engineer
- Background music
- Voice over/narration
Movies
- Foley engineer
- Dialog replacement
- Sound effects
Manufacturer’s specialist
- Product rep
- Product specialist
Environmental sound design
- Malls
- Airports
- Public spaces
Live stage/theater sound
- Musicals
- Drama
- Lectures
And more!