The Mindlab Learning Center (www.themindlab.us) offers Pro Tools software and hardware training, Digidesign Operator and Expert Certifications, and courses on specific audio plug-ins for Pro Tools and Master Classes with recording engineers, composers and sound designers who use Pro Tools in their production work.
The training facility offers two rooms: a Pro Tools 100-level lecture room, equipped with state-of-the-art Mac and Windows XP computers and seating for up to 12 students; and an Advanced Curriculum room, featuring four TDM systems equipped with a 32-fader Pro Control with EditPack, and three Control 24 units for hands-on work with Pro Tools 200/300-level exercises.
“The response leading up to our opening has been tremendous,” said Russell Bond, president of Mindlab and the new owner of the recording studio, The Annex, where the school is located (Menlo Park, Calif.). “We've had people asking for many levels of training. The first folks that have gone through the courses are very pleased with their new knowledge of Pro Tools.”
Former hardware product manager for Digidesign, Robert Campbell is now Mindlab's general manager and head instructor. “After years of working on the development teams for Pro Tools|HD and Digi 002, I wanted to shift my focus from creating to teaching in order to show people how to maximize the potential of Pro Tools,” said Campbell. Other Mindlab instructors include longtime Digidesign employees Tom Dambly, curriculum developer; Mark Kirchner, post-production director; and Tom Murphy, Internet audio technologies.
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