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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Neilson/Clyne
Tel: (615) 662-1616
Fax: (615) 662-1636
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WAVES CREATES A BUNDLE OF ACADEMIC JOY FOR
STUDENTS AT THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
— Specially assembled Berklee Bundle features five of Waves’
renowned plug-ins: Renaissance Reverb, EQ, and Compression, C1 comp/limiter,
and S1 spatial enhancer —
— Waves assures affordability of the bundle for Berklee students,
enabling them to begin their education with professional-level tools
that will carry them beyond graduation and into their careers —
When students at the esteemed Berklee College of Music
choose to enroll in one of the five “tech-heavy” majors
in the college’s Professional Writing and Music Technology divisions,
they will all share in the benefits of the specially assembled Waves
Berklee Bundle matrix of digital plug-in processors. Ownership of this
dedicated bundle of DSP plug-ins became mandatory with the start of
the Fall 2003 semester for students pursuing the technical pathways
of the school’s curricula. The Berklee Bundle is comprised of
five of Waves’ acclaimed plug-in processors: the ever-popular
Renaissance Reverb, EQ, and Compressor, along with the C1 Parametric
Compander and S1 Stereo Imager. Owning this specially designed bundle
will allow students at Berklee’s highly regarded music technology
programs to work with professional-level toolsets right from the start
and take those tools with them upon graduation.
The decision to choose Waves DSP plug-ins was made by
Berklee as part of a comprehensive strategic plan to require all students
to acquire certain critical technology platforms. For instance, all
incoming students must now purchase Apple G4 laptop computers equipped
with certain software packages. As part of this bold academic initiative,
students are asked to add other specific platforms upon choosing certain
majors. Those who choose one of five majors from the Professional Writing
and Music Technology divisions — including the departments of
Contemporary Writing & Production, Film Scoring, Songwriting, Music
Synthesis, and Music Production & Engineering, which together count
241 entering students each semester — must own the Waves Berklee
Bundle as part of their academic toolset.
“We had two main goals with this initiative,”
explains Stephen Croes, Dean of the Music Technology Division at Berklee
College of Music. “We wanted to implement the concept of students
owning their own tools rather than only using ones provided by the College,
and we wanted tools that would take them into the real environment of
the professional world. The tools in the Waves Berklee Bundle do exactly
that. The quality of the Waves processors confers professional-level
capability right from the start of the educational experience. The performance
of the Waves technology is perfectly compatible with all the other platforms
we use here, and there is no distinction between their performance in
class and the way they work in the world. We can show a student how
a reverb should sound and how a compressor should work with the same
tools that professionals are using to process audio today. Berklee students
will take a lot with them upon graduation in terms of knowledge and
experience. Now they’ll take the finest tools of their craft with
them, as well.”
About Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle
that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through
the study and practice of contemporary music. For over half a century,
the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of
music and the music business. With over a dozen performance and non-performance
majors, a diverse and talented student body representing 70 plus countries,
and a music industry “who’s who” of alumni, Berklee
is the world’s premier learning lab for the music of today —
and tomorrow.
Technology plays an increasingly important role in the
world around us, and has had a profound impact on the music profession.
Technology has changed the way music is composed, performed, produced,
recorded, and distributed. The changes have been significant, and we
continue to live in a time of rapid change and advancement. It has become
increasingly clear that Berklee students must be well versed in computer
and music technology to succeed in their careers. Accordingly, beginning
in Fall 2003, Berklee College of Music required all entering students
to have an Apple Macintosh laptop computer outfitted with software designed
to support their music education and coursework as students.
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About Waves Ltd.:
Waves is a leading provider of audio DSP solutions for professional,
broadcast, and consumer electronics audio markets. Waves has ten years
of expertise in the development of psycho-acoustic signal processing
algorithms that leverage knowledge on the human perception of hearing
to radically improve perceived sound quality. Waves’ award-winning
processors are utilized to improve sound quality in the creation of
the world’s most popular music, movie soundtracks, and multimedia
titles. Waves offers computer software solutions and hardware plus software
solutions for the professional and broadcast markets. Waves also offers
semiconductor with embedded software solutions under the Maxx brand
for the consumer electronics audio applications. Waves’ Maxx technology
dramatically enhances audio performance in consumer applications and
has been licensed to several leading companies, including Motorola and
Microsoft. For more information, visit the Waves web site at http://www.waves.com.
Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective
companies with which they are associated.
Waves Contacts:
North America Offices:
Waves, Inc., 306 West Depot Avenue, Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37917;
Tel: 865-909-9200, Fax: 865-909-9245, Email: info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
Corporate Headquarters Israel:
Waves Ltd., Azrieli Center, The Round Tower, 21st Floor, Tel-Aviv 67011,
Israel;
Tel: 972-3-608-4000, Fax: 972-3-608-4056, Email: info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
Waves Public Relations:
Neilson/Clyne, Inc., 169-B Belle Forest Circle, Nashville, TN 37221;
Tel: 615-662-1616, Fax: 615-662-1636, Email: rclyne@neilsonclyne.com,
Web: http://www.neilsonclyne.com