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SAE INSTITUTE UPGRADES SURROUND CONTROL ROOM AT
NEW YORK CAMPUS— Facility now features a Digidesign ICON D-Control™ ES, Pro Tools® HD system
and Blue Sky 5.1 surround speaker system —
125th AES CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 3, 2008 — SAE Institute is pleased to announce that it has upgraded the surround mixing room of its New York campus with the addition of a 32-fader Digidesign ICON D-Control™ ES with surround panel. The room also features a Pro Tools® HD system and a Blue Sky 5.1 surround speaker system. This newly-installed equipment will help SAE maintain its leading edge in audio and digital media/arts education and provide students access to the latest state-of-the-art audio equipment used in real world recording studio applications.
At the heart of the campus’s surround mixing room is Digidesign’s ICON D-Control ES Worksurface, which combines the feel of a large-format console with a level of control and added Pro Tools HD functionality that can only be accessed with an ICON system. For accurate monitoring, a Blue Sky 5.1 Sky System One surround speaker system has been employed, consisting of five SAT 6.5 speakers for the L-C-R and rear arrays and a SUB 12 subwoofer. In related news, SAE NY has also installed a Yamaha 02R96 Digital Mixing Console in an additional campus mixing suite.
SAE’s New York campus studio and instruction complex houses 33 studios/technology labs/personal workstations, offering students the maximum amount of hands-on time and providing an array of studio setups and situations. The school’s wide ranging audio curriculum covers areas from surround sound and DVD authoring to large-format console studio and mix sessions. The layout and design of the studios also allow for interactive connectivity between rooms, producing an all-encompassing environment for students and staff to help boost productivity and creativity.
“We are constantly looking to provide our students access to the latest equipment that they will be working on when they graduate SAE,” stated Udo Hoppenworth, Senior Vice President of SAE Institute Group, Inc. “The Digidesign ICON D-Control ES with surround capabilities gives them exactly that, and we are dedicated to providing our students with state-of-the-art tools and instruction.”
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Headquartered in Oxford, England, SAE Institute is the world’s first and largest network of audio and multimedia education and training centers. SAE is affiliated with Middlesex University (England), Southern Cross University (Australia) and Southern Institute of Technology (New Zealand). The Institute operates over 40 campuses in more than 20 countries on four continents. It offers diploma and full degree programs in audio, multimedia, digital filmmaking, animation and gaming. SAE is part of the SAE Technology Group, which also owns and operates Studios 301 (with locations in Sydney and Byron Bay, Australia, Cologne, Germany, Studios 301 is a collective group of state-of-the-art recording and mastering facilities), the Computer Graphics College and Qantm.
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