Thanks, guys, really. In this world of nano-second attention spans
and Me Me Me raging egos it's nice to find a place where people will
take the time to give full and expert anwsers to my questions. So
again, I say thanks.

I first heard about these 30 inch (the diamter of the cone, not the
driver)speakers at the dreaded Full Sail (known to my fellow graduates
as "Full Male" for its serious lack of the opposite sex). While I
majored in Digital Media (web design, CD-ROM design), the first three
months of school are the same for every student. We all attended the
beginning classes at the same time, and then went our seperate ways
after three months, so I managed to learn a good bit about the
recording world. One of the professors happened to mention this in a
lecture, just as a side note.

By the way, if anybody out there is thinking about going to Full
Sail--DON'T!! The powers that be there are no better than
telemarketers and infomercial specialists. They wow you with all the
equipment that they have, and trust me they do have probably about 70%
more than any other school. But they never really teach you a damn
thing usefull. Going to Full Sail to learn about recording is like
taking a tour of Martin Guitars to learn about writing a melody. You
learn a lot of specs about equipment, but not a thing about how to be
creative with them. Even though you most likly get more time on the
equipment than any place else, you never really learn what to do with
it. I remember a friend of mine in the recording arts program saying,
"Man, I came here to learn how to get Siamese Dream guitar tone,
instead all I've learned is never to go over 0 dB." You would be much
better off taking that thirty grand and buying some nice equipment to
teach yourself on. Then afterwards you'd have a lot more to show than
a piece of paper that looks like it was printed on a canon buble jet
(I'm talking about the diploma here, folks). Anyway, if there are any
Full Sail graduates or staff memebrs reading this, I mean no offense.
I actually did learn some things there, and there were actually a
couple of great professors; though inexplicably they seemed to be in
charge of the most un-important classes. I just simply get a bad
taste in my mouth from any institution that is obviously so singularly
concered with shoveling students (read: cash) in and out of their
porgams as quickly as possible that on several occasions we actually
reviewed for the finals just minutes before taking them.

Well enough of that ranting.

Jay atldigi wrote:

"A foundation in a good school is an excellent place to begin, but
school
is only intended to give you the audio foundation that you'll need to
grasp and appreciate the real learning that happens after graduation.
Especially in mastering, you should spend time as an apprentice under
a
professional. It's a specialty that school will only touch upon, but
there you still learn the language of audio that you'll need to get
anything out of your internship/apprenticeship."

Anybody know of any mastering engineers that are currently seeking an
apprentice? It seems to me that most people would view this as a
bother, an obstacle in the studio taking away from their time, not
something they would seek out.