Full Sail Chooses Steinberg Software
Leading audio school integrates software and hardware
Winter Park, FL (July 25, 2006) – Florida-based Full Sail Real World Education, which offers Associate of
Science degree as well as exposure to all of the technologies an audio engineer is likely to see out in the field,
has installed Steinberg’s Cubase and Nuendo digital audio software in key technology labs and to aid in teching
audio and multimedia production.
Bill Smith, Full Sail’s Recording Arts Program Director, has been with the Florida based educational instition for 16
years. “We offer our students an immersive program that includes 1,578 hours of training, given over a one year period.
We have 50 labs and studios that mirror just about any situation our students are likely to find themselves in after they
graduate, from typical project studios all the way up to world class tracking facilities.”
After auditioning all of the available software packages on the market, the school found Steinberg software best suited to
their academic requirements. The labs are set up with individual work stations for each student, all running either
Steinberg’s Cubase SX3 or Nuendo 2. Each workstation is networked into a main server which houses all of the audio
clips that the students work on.
“We knew that whatever digital audio sequencer we chose would be the first software that many of our students saw.
Cubase SX 3 is straightforward and easy to get comfortable with on a basic level. Once you get comfortable with
Cubase, and Nuendo for that matter, it’s easy to keep going and dig into the deeper features, which are as complex and
detailed as any software on the market.”
A school the size of Full Sail would also need software that integrates well with other applications and hardware.
“Cubase and Nuendo have performed flawlessly for us in this area,” says Smith. “Our MIDI lab, for example, has
hardware and software from just about every manufactuer in the marketplace, and we never have any problems getting
Steinberg software to work with anything.”
While software has become integral to the teaching methods at Full Sail, Smith points out that integration is key. “I
wouldn’t want to give the impression that we’re totally a soft installation, though. We’ve got equipment from major
manufacturers like Yamaha all over our facility, including Motif keyboards, a number of Yamaha drum kits, and several
SPX 2000 reverb units.”
About Full Sail
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader
for those pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. With over 22,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on
Oscar and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour six out of the
last six years. Full Sail's 91-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,000 students from all 50 states and 37 countries
worldwide. Currently, Full Sail offers degrees in the following disciplines: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design,
Entertainment Business, Film, Game Development, Recording Arts, and Show Production & Touring. For more
information, please visit www.fullsail.com.
About Steinberg Media Technologies
Steinberg is known the world over for its professional media solutions. The company has been developing,
manufacturing and selling software products for musicians and producers in the music, film, post production, and
multimedia industries since 1984. Steinberg products are used by Grammy® and Oscar® award winning composers,
engineers, and producers. For more information, please visit www.steinberg.net.
All trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners.
Leading audio school integrates software and hardware
Winter Park, FL (July 25, 2006) – Florida-based Full Sail Real World Education, which offers Associate of
Science degree as well as exposure to all of the technologies an audio engineer is likely to see out in the field,
has installed Steinberg’s Cubase and Nuendo digital audio software in key technology labs and to aid in teching
audio and multimedia production.
Bill Smith, Full Sail’s Recording Arts Program Director, has been with the Florida based educational instition for 16
years. “We offer our students an immersive program that includes 1,578 hours of training, given over a one year period.
We have 50 labs and studios that mirror just about any situation our students are likely to find themselves in after they
graduate, from typical project studios all the way up to world class tracking facilities.”
After auditioning all of the available software packages on the market, the school found Steinberg software best suited to
their academic requirements. The labs are set up with individual work stations for each student, all running either
Steinberg’s Cubase SX3 or Nuendo 2. Each workstation is networked into a main server which houses all of the audio
clips that the students work on.
“We knew that whatever digital audio sequencer we chose would be the first software that many of our students saw.
Cubase SX 3 is straightforward and easy to get comfortable with on a basic level. Once you get comfortable with
Cubase, and Nuendo for that matter, it’s easy to keep going and dig into the deeper features, which are as complex and
detailed as any software on the market.”
A school the size of Full Sail would also need software that integrates well with other applications and hardware.
“Cubase and Nuendo have performed flawlessly for us in this area,” says Smith. “Our MIDI lab, for example, has
hardware and software from just about every manufactuer in the marketplace, and we never have any problems getting
Steinberg software to work with anything.”
While software has become integral to the teaching methods at Full Sail, Smith points out that integration is key. “I
wouldn’t want to give the impression that we’re totally a soft installation, though. We’ve got equipment from major
manufacturers like Yamaha all over our facility, including Motif keyboards, a number of Yamaha drum kits, and several
SPX 2000 reverb units.”
About Full Sail
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader
for those pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. With over 22,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on
Oscar and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour six out of the
last six years. Full Sail's 91-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,000 students from all 50 states and 37 countries
worldwide. Currently, Full Sail offers degrees in the following disciplines: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design,
Entertainment Business, Film, Game Development, Recording Arts, and Show Production & Touring. For more
information, please visit www.fullsail.com.
About Steinberg Media Technologies
Steinberg is known the world over for its professional media solutions. The company has been developing,
manufacturing and selling software products for musicians and producers in the music, film, post production, and
multimedia industries since 1984. Steinberg products are used by Grammy® and Oscar® award winning composers,
engineers, and producers. For more information, please visit www.steinberg.net.
All trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners.
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