Technology for Music Production and Engineering Students

As an undergraduate Berklee student majoring in music production and engineering (MP&E), the required hardware and software listed below will be essential to your success.

Required Software

You are required to own or have access to the specific software listed below. It is your responsibility to purchase any required software.

• Avid Pro Tools(Opens in a new window)
• Celemony Melodyne Assistant(Opens in a new window)
• Antares Auto-Tune Artist Pro(Opens in a new window)
• Econ Technologies ChronoSync
• Valhalla VintageVerb(Opens in a new window)
• Native Instruments’ Komplete Ultimate, and iZotope’s Music Production Bundle:
  • Email education@native-instruments.com from your berklee.edu email account for information and to request a voucher code to apply towards a Native Instruments 360 Pro subscription at a significant discount.  

**USB iLok for ProTools

Students will need to purchase a USB iLok to authorize and run Pro Tools. 

Suggested purchase links include the following:    

• Sweetwater Sound(Opens in a new window)
• Amazon(Opens in a new window)
• Guitar Center(Opens in a new window)
• Thomann(Opens in a new window)

Required Hardware

1. You are required to purchase a high-quality two-channel (minimum) audio interface. Recommended manufacturers to explore include:

• Apogee(Opens in a new window)
• Focusrite(Opens in a new window)
• MOTU(Opens in a new window)
• Universal Audio(Opens in a new window)

2. You are required to purchase one of the following high-quality headphones:

• Audio-Technica ATH-M50x(Opens in a new window)
• Beyerdynamic 770 Pro(Opens in a new window)
• Sony MDR7506(Opens in a new window)
• Sennheiser HD 280 PRO(Opens in a new window)

3. You are required to purchase a pair of external drives to back up your data. Each drive should hold at least 1 TB. A solid-state drive is highly recommended. 

Please contact the MP&E Department about any additional hardware and software requirements.