Technology for Students Minoring in Recording and Production for Musicians

As an undergraduate Berklee student minoring in recording and production for musicians, the required hardware and software listed below will be essential to your success.

Software Requirement

Upon successfully declaring the recording and production for musicians minor, you are required to purchase the software below. The software required can be purchased directly from the vendor.

• Econ Technologies ChronoSync

Required Hardware

1. You are required to purchase a high-quality, 4-input audio interface such as the ones listed below (note that you may opt for different models as long as they have a higher input count):

• Apogee Quartet(Opens in a new window)
• MOTU 4pre(Opens in a new window)
• Steinberg UR44(Opens in a new window)
• PreSonus Studio 68c(Opens in a new window)
• M-Audio AIR192/14(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)
• Audio-Technica ATH-M60x(Opens in a new window)
• Sennheiser HD 600 PRO(Opens in a new window)
• Sennheiser HD 300 PRO(Opens in a new window)
• Beyerdynamic DT 770 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. 

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