Technology for Contemporary Writing and Production Students

As an undergraduate Berklee student majoring in contemporary writing and production (CWP), the required hardware and software listed below will be essential to your success.

Required Hardware

In addition to the CWP bundle items listed below, each CWP student must purchase the following items:

A large diaphragm condenser microphone
An audio interface with at least four mic inputs

Required Software

Upon successfully declaring CWP as your major you will be billed to your account along with all other college charges. All CWP majors (including students taking CW-191 in Valencia) will receive the major bundle. The software bundle will be emailed to you during the first week of the semester.

In addition to the major bundle, CWP majors will be required to purchase the following software on their own:

Berklee Orchestral Tools Library - (requires OnePass login) Instructions for purchasing Orchestral Tools can be found on the Screen Scoring department site

Eligibility

To receive the CWP major bundle, a signed Declaration of Major Form must be received at the Office of the Registrar before the start of the semester, and you must be taking Sequencing and Production Techniques (CW-191). Your account balance at the college must be cleared prior to getting your bundle. Questions that may arise as to bundle eligibility should be directed to the CWP Department:

Amparo Edo Biol
Chair, Contemporary Writing and Production
aedobiol@berklee.edu

Yoshie Nakayama
Assistant Chair, Contemporary Writing and Production
ynakayama@berklee.edu

Robin Ryczek
Department Coordinator, Contemporary Writing and Production
rryczek@berklee.edu

Contemporary Writing and Production Major Bundle

$450

Price does not include Massachusetts sales tax.

The CWP major bundle includes the following software:

Native Instruments Komplete

Vienna Symphonic Library Volume 1

Waves Gold Bundle

Double Major Bundles

If you are a double major student in one of the programs listed below, you will be billed for the technology requirements of each of your majors. Please be sure to review and understand all the technology requirements for each major that you plan to declare.

Contemporary Writing and Production/Film Scoring	$1,000
Contemporary Writing and Production/Electronic Production and Design	$900

Prices does not include Massachusetts sales tax.