Hit the right note with your SCAD experience
Cutting-edge resources. Connected faculty. Celebrated guests and world-renowned events. As a sound design student at SCAD, you have near limitless options to customize your university experience and maximize your professional preparation.
Master your mix with next-level equipment
SCAD has invested more than $1 million into custom-built sound design facilities that match or exceed the real-world environments you will work in as a professional. At Hamilton Hall, Crites Hall, and Savannah Film Studios, you will have hands-on access to sound management tech and live recording stages.
Premium tools always at your fingertips:
- Four ADR suites
- Pro Tools HD Native rigs
- 86 Pro Tools workstations
- Music, film scoring, and Foley recording studios complemented with an array of professional microphones and gear
- MIDI mock-up room with a range of synthesis and sampling technologies
- Industry-level 7.1 and 5.1 mix stages with Pro Tools and Avid S6 mixing consoles
- Five fully outfitted production sound carts
- Sound effects and licensed music library with 2,500 hours of effects and files
- Microphone cabinet with Beyer Dynamic 160 Ribbons, Royer 122 Ribbons, Neumann Km 183 and 184, Sennheiser MKH 416, Neumann TLM 103, U87 #2, AkG C414, MD 421, RE-20
- 11 high-end field recording kits including Sound Device 788T and Zaxcom Maxx recorders, an articulating boom pole, and three wireless microphones
Earn professional certifications
Stand out from the crowd by taking advantage of opportunities to earn professional certifications like Sibelius, Wwise, and Avid Pro Tools in postproduction, music production, and Avid S6 and Icon mixing technologies.
Build your experience and connections
Network with fellow students and like-minded creatives through organizations like SCAD Radio and the Professional Audio Student Organization (PASO). These groups enable you to grow professionally and academically in the art of sound by exposing you to real-world production work, organized events, and discussions with industry professionals.
A star-studded lineup of events
Our events calendar is packed with film screenings, workshops, panels, master classes, and lectures. You'll have ample opportunities to connect with sound design professionals and behind-the-scenes staff at signature events.
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Sit back with more than 60,000 guests at the annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, a week-long celebration of cinematic arts showcasing the work of both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. At the largest university film festival in the country, you'll enjoy film screenings, workshops, celebrity panels and lectures, and much more.
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TVfest
Celebrate the latest in design, creativity, and innovation in television, streaming, and digital media at our annual SCAD TVfest. Working professionals from all spheres of content production gather for screenings, premieres, panel discussions, and workshops exploring the latest trends and the best content airing today. Opportunities abound for you to connect and network with future peers practicing in front of and behind the camera.
Make your SCAD experience even more unforgettable
Spend a quarter abroad at SCAD Lacoste, the university's international location, or explore other study abroad trips SCAD offers to gain cultural perspective, add a worldly dimension to your résumé, and draw inspiration from the sights, sounds, and characters of an entirely new setting.
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Take the first step to becoming a sound designer
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