Full Sail University

Our students get a taste of all aspects of working on a major tour including audio, video and lighting. Students get a chance to put what they have learned to use in a live position including a house engineer, broadcast engineer, monitor engineer, conventional and automated lighting tech, as well as working in a video room. Time is spent on set up, sound checks, the live performance, and the break down of the venue. Students are to enjoy some freedom of experimentation – they may be allowed to change a microphone or experiment with placement. A live sound session for the artist is very much like performing live without an audience. The group is expected to play a one-hour set (two sets maybe be available, if interested) and the hours are generally 6pm-8pm or 10pm-12am, but hours may vary.

In exchange for your talent, we provide you with a DVD with the stereo mix from our broadcast room and a CD rough mix from our simulcast room before you leave the night of the session. In addition, for FSL1 sessions only, you will also receive a DVD with mixed audio from the multitrack recording. These mixes occur at a later date and are usually available four to six weeks after your live session. Due to a curriculum change, FSL3 sessions will no longer offer a DVD with mixed audio. However for either type of session, if you would like to receive the digital audio tracks to mix on your own, they can be transferred to a DVD for you as .wav files. We ask that you bring 3 blank DVDs to the lab and let the instructor know that you would like the tracks, and the requested tracks will be available approximately the same time as your DVD. This is a great opportunity for you to obtain new demo material and to see what you look like on a big stage with full production!

FSL-1 venue is for full bands only and FSL-3 venue is for solo artists and groups up to 5-piece in size.

To learn more about the Full Sail Live venues that our students use for their show production sessions, please view our live venues page.