Strategic Partners
One of Pyramind’s greatest strengths are our industry partners - all of whom are indisputably industry leaders. Many provide industry certifications and others sponsor our curriculum's. All of our sponsors bring incredible technology and creative tools to the table. We are proud to be partnered with all of them and want to tell you a bit about what we do together.
Apple
Apple is a partner on several levels; As an Apple Authorized Training Center (AATC), we offer Logic Studio certification, beginner and advanced (for the record, we were training in Logic before Apple created the program) as well as Final Cut Studio and DVD Studio Pro Certification. Lastly, we are an Apple Store Affiliate which means we have direct access to the Apple Store and tech support. This allows us to configure custom computers for incoming students and allows us to provide the highest levels of support beyond the purchase.
Digidesign
The defacto industry leader in DAW’s , we are proud to offer Pro Tools Operator Certification in both Music and Post production as well as Expert training in Music. All students taking certification courses with Pro Tools Certification in it (Core, PT, all advanced Certifications) have the ability to purchase Digidesign gear at radical student discounts (40%). As a Digidesign Certified Training Location (DCTL) , Pyramind has direct access to the massive knowledge banks at Digidesign. We can solve most any technical problem students might have and can provide the highest level of personalized training out there. We’ve been doing this since 2000, which not ironically, is the year Digidesign started their training program. We were the 4th school in the world to offer it. There are now 120 schools offering this training. Again, like Digidesign, Pyramind is leading the pack.
M-Audio
M-Audio makes some of the most powerful and affordable creative tools out there and they are one of our sponsors. We use M-Audio keyboards exclusively as we believe in the power and quality of their line. In fact, M-Audio has chosen Pyramind as their sole partner for their M-World dealer training tour stop in San Francisco.
Propellerheads
It is safe to say that Propellerheads changed the face of software synthesis- Propellerheads’ Reason made software synthesis both affordable and powerful. This incredible music creation tool contains many different forms of sound synthesis and sequencing and is the music production platform of choice among the top names in hip-hop and dance music. Its power is limited only by your CPU which is more powerful now than ever before. We’ve been teaching Reason since V.1. We’ve got the posters to prove it.
Ableton
New to the DAW pack, Ableton has turned the industry on its ear with its incredible tool LIVE. Pyramind has been teaching Ableton for years and we’ve published training videos on Ableton’s website. They are sponsors of Epiphyte Records’ Test Press as well, which featured tracks from five Pyramind graduates and instructors.
WAVES
Makers of some of the best plug-ins around, Pyramind is an authorized WAVES training center. We have been offering the WAVES Certification A program since its inception and expect to offer all of their programs as they unveil them. Every student walks away with a collection of WAVES tools upon entry to The Core.
GLYPH
It's easy these days to just go buy the cheapest firewire drive out there for your Sound productions as there are many available. They all work great - until they don’t. No one thinks about the drives they use until they fail and have to spend hundreds of dollars in the hopes of recovering their data. The worst is when they can’t recover any of it. Glyph is the industry leader in media storage and every student coming to Pyramind gets a professional hard drive to work with. Each drive comes with a five year warranty, advanced replacement within the first year and free (yes, FREE!) data recovery attempts within 2 years. The good news is that these tanks almost never go down and when they do, you’ve got your back covered. You just don’t get that service or professional treatment with anyone else.
Spectrasonics
Spectrasonics makes some of the best sounding synths and production tools today, including the award winning Stylus RMX. Our labs are loaded with their synths which simply sound great so every student gets access to these incredible tools.
Native Instruments
Often referred to as the Mercedes Benz of software synthesis, NI is the industry leader in software synthesis tools. Pyramind uses these tools regularly and use their highest-end tools FM8, Absynth and Reaktor as the basis of our advanced synthesis classes.
NARAS
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the group that brings you the Grammy’s every year. We are proud card-carrying members of the Academy and all of our students are too. Every incoming Core student becomes a student member of the Academy with free access to incredible networking and educational events.
GANG
The Game Audio Network Guild (GANG), is the largest game audio community in the world. We are proud members of the Guild and students who complete the Core and move on to the DSP-I will be too.
IK Multimedia
Helping people that listen, play and produce music with a new generation of revolutionary software instruments, powerful and easy to use.
McDSP
McDowell Signal Processing makes some of the best sounding D.A.W. plug-ins on the market. Pyramind is pleased to feature them in both our labs and in The Vault and The HD Icon suite.
GC Pro
Guitar Center’s Pro audio division has been helping Pyramind students with great discounts on the gear Pyramind isn’t set up to sell. Find out more about how you can get in some of the great deals by speaking with our admissions team.
