Pro Tools Lab

When Digidesign began development of experimental versions of Pro Tools in the early 1990s, they must have felt a bit like the Wright brothers attempting to invent the airplane. There was very little acceptance of the idea that audio could be successfully recorded, edited, and mixed on a computer. Ironically, Pro Tools has now become the de facto method for virtually all audio production in the world. As early as 1993, the Conservatory was teaching fundamental classes on Pro Tools operation, and by 1996, had started a dialogue with Digidesign regarding the development of a manufacturer certification curriculum. Even then, Pro Tools had not yet
been widely accepted, so we’re proud to say that we had the foresight to see what was about to happen in the industry. In 1997, the Conservatory became the first recording school in the world to offer the official Digidesign curriculum. Today we’re proud to say that we have taught this curriculum far longer than any other recording school in the world, and thus we offer our students significant advantages. There are stringent hardware requirements for a school to offer this curriculum, and the powerful workstations in our Pro Tools labs meet and surpass them.



At A Glance…

The Conservatory proudly provides a total of 24 Pro Tools systems for study. Here’s how it breaks down.

Pro Tools Labs:
12 Workstations (6 at Tempe and 6 at Gilbert) each consisting of:
Apple Macintosh Quicksilver G4
Pro Tools HD1
Digidesign HD 96 Interface
Oxygen 8 Controller
Panasonic DVD-S25
Floating Pro Tools Systems:

2 systems (1 at Gilbert/1 at Tempe), consisting of:
Apple Macintosh G4 Computer
(3) Digidesign HD 96 I/O
Digidesign Sync I/O

2 systems (1 at Gilbert/1 at Tempe), consisting of:
Apple Macintosh G4 Computer
Digidesign HD 96 I/O
Digidesign HD 96i I/O
MOTU MTP/AV MIDI/Sync Interface

8 systems (4 at Gilbert/4 at Tempe), consisting of:
Apple Macintosh G4 computer
Digidesign Digi002R Interface