The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS) is a prestigious technical school in Arizona, in the US, committed to placing its well-trained students in entry-level positions in the music, game audio, live sound, broadcast, and post-production industries.
The college has recently extended its facilities by adding control rooms F and G, and installing the control rooms with ATC SCM25A Pro reference monitors, which are among the most trusted in the industry. CRAS’s directors and educators always try to keep CRAS’s facilities and instruction in harmony with the latest lasting industry standards. Their aim is to always try to make sure that the rooms at CRAS reflect the real industry.
CRAS’s ATC SCM25A Pros join Pro Tools HDX rigs with Apogee converters, soundBlade HD, rigs with Mytek converters, and SSL AWS 948 combined console and control surfaces. Because students at CRAS use the ATC SCM25A Pros later in the programme, they get an opportunity to scrutinize their earlier projects.
Although CRAS is certain in affirming that it does not teach students to be mastering engineers, which requires skills that comes with years of experience. CRAS definitely teaches its students about the mastering process and about the technical details that mastering engineers will expect of their work. There again, the ATC SCM25A Pros, which are mastering-grade reference monitors, benefit CRAS students.
