Teaching the skills needed to start a career in Music Production without a mountain of debt.
Start your music career in under 11 months! Request more info today.
CRAS is a music engineering school designed to teach the music production skills needed to get you in the studio and on the job quickly.
CRAS students learn hands-on in our classrooms, labs, and studios, on a broad array of analog and digital technologies – the very same equipment they will find once they are on the job.
Wherever they go, CRAS grads make it!
CRAS grads have worked on hundreds of Grammy, AMA, Billboard, Emmy, ACM, and Oscar award-winning and award-nominated recordings.
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We have the connections to help you achieve a career in Music Engineering, Music Recording, Sound Engineering and Music Production.
More than 5,500 music recording studios, live venues, video game production studios, movie production studios and more, all come to CRAS looking for qualified Audio Engineers.
Laptop Recording Package Included in the cost of tuition
Every CRAS student receives his or her own “Laptop Recording Package.” The centerpiece of the Laptop Recording Package is a MacBook Pro 13” and also includes software, plug-in bundles, a microphone, headphones, and a USB audio interface — real tools that you will use every day as you learn to become an audio engineer at CRAS.
CRAS is a unique and potent combination of great facilities, technology, and faculty.
We teach the hands-on skills and concepts you will need to be ready for success in the fast-paced, challenging world of audio recording, sound engineering, music engineering, music recording, music production and more..
CRAS Grad Job Opportunities
- Sound Engineer
- Music Engineer
- Recording Engineer
- Game Audio Designer
- Live Sound Engineer
- Audio Visual Technician
- Corporate Media Tech
- TV/Video Scoring Engineer
- Broadcast Engineer
- Music Recording
- Music Production
- Foley Engineer
- Board Operator
- Sound Effects Engineer
- Manufacturer’s Specialist
- Environmental Sound Designer
- A&R Operations Coordinator
- ProTools Engineer
Virtual Tours
Explore CRAS via the 360° Virtual Tour! Visit our campus, our studios and labs, and hear from instructors and real students about what it’s like to learn audio engineering and music production at CRAS.
Experience the CRAS difference.
At CRAS we focus exclusively on what you need to know to quickly begin your career in audio engineering and music production.
Choose Your Class Time!
With classes from 10am to 2pm or 3pm to 7pm – work, live, and learn when you want.
CRAS Classes Start Every 3 Weeks
Grab your seat now! Classes at CRAS start every three weeks, year round, and they fill up well in advance. Regardless of the time of year you wish to attend, you should begin the application process now.
Graduate in Only 11 Months
At CRAS, we quickly provide the tools you need to excel as an Audio Engineer and Sound Designer. Whether you’re already involved in home recording, live sound, video, or are looking to start from scratch — we’ve got you covered.
Be exposed to, and certified on the latest applications and gear!
CRAS graduates are certified in a broad range of technologies encompassing all aspects of the recording process, giving our graduates a significant advantage in the workplace.
Seventeen Certifications
- 7 – Pro Tools
- Rational Acoustics Smaart
- Antares Autotune 8
- Apple Logic Pro X’
- Celemony Melodyne
- L’Acoustics Soundvision
- TC Electronic M3000
- TC Electronic System S6000
- Wwise
- Waves
- Midas M32
How To Become a Music Producer
As technology has advanced, the music production role has become more and more rooted in the technology of the audio engineering/recording process. Today’s producers gather music samples, improve lyrics or instrumentation, hire session musicians, and supervise the entire process from preproduction through mixing, and mastering. This workload has opened opportunities for others to handle the sound engineering duties, and enter the ever-cycling career path of music engineer to music producer.
If you’re researching applications, watching tutorials, acquiring gear, and constantly experimenting for more professional results. If you’re experimenting with microphone adjustments, interface and signal routing, and track creation via your digital audio workstation… you’re already a music engineer/producer in the making. For people like you, music production colleges like CRAS are here to accelerate your progress in music recording and music production.
CRAS is unique among schools for music production and music engineering. Our real-world approach will give you the confidence and experience needed to succeed. Our unique internship program and music recording industry connections can help you jump ahead in a fiercely competitive job market — where recording studios prefer to hire candidates with a formal education in music engineering from an accredited music production college like CRAS.
Start your music career in under 11 months! Request more info today.
To Learn More, call us at (888) 966-9092.
For over 30 years, CRAS has been dedicated to providing quality education to its students. Whether you’re interested in music, live sound, broadcast sound, film & TV audio, or video game audio, CRAS has you covered!
CRAS is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)
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Tempe Main Campus:
2300 East Broadway Road
Tempe, AZ 85282
480-858-0764
Gilbert Satellite Campus:
1205 North Fiesta Boulevard
Gilbert, AZ 85233
480-858-9400