Music Synthesis Labs

The college maintains a total of nine facilities for music synthesis instruction, electronic production, design, and performance. The three principal synthesis laboratories contain over 250 different types of synthesizers, standard and alternate controllers, effects processors, recorders, mixers, and software, including products by Ableton, Adobe, Analogue Systems, Apple, Applied Acoustics, Arturia, Access Music, AKG, Alternate Mode, Antares, Apogee, ARP, Audio Technica, BIAS, BLUE, Buchla, Csound, Clavia, Cycling 74, Digitech, Dynaudio, Digidesign, Earthworks, Eventide, Genelec, Haken, HHB, Jazz Mutant, Korg, Lexicon, Line6, M-Audio, Millennia Media, Monome, Moog Music, Mackie, Mark of the Unicorn, Native Instruments, Neumann, Novation, Oberheim, Propellerheads, Roland, Sennheiser, Shure, Sony, Symbolic Sound/KYMA, Tascam, TC Electronic, Universal Audio, Waves, Yamaha, and Zendrum, all supported by Apple/Macintosh and Windows computers.

Students receive hands-on instruction and supervised development time in areas of synthesizer programming, electronic composition/production, audio for visual media (games, film, television, interactive), sound design, software design, and performance.

For detailed information or a brochure about Music Synthesis facilities, email or call the Music Synthesis Department at synthesis@berklee.edu or 617 747-2516.