MediaTech Institute
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- Dallas Sound Lab
- Austin Sound Lab
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| Type | For-profit technical school |
| Established | 1999 |
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| Website | mediatech |
MediaTech Institute for Creative Arts (MediaTech) is a for-profit technical school specializing in media production with two locations in Texas. In 1999, the school was founded as Dallas Sound Lab’s audio engineering program. MediaTech Institute was established in 2003 when the Dallas and Austin Sound Labs acquired an additional location in Houston.[1] MediaTech has schools in Houston and Dallas.[2][3][4]
MediaTech is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. MediaTech participates in federal Title IV funding and Stafford loans.[4]
Russell Whitaker, the founder and President of MediaTech Institute, is a 25-year veteran of the media industry.[2][5] Whitaker has worked with artists such as Destiny’s Child, The Imperials, Paula Abdul, ZZ Top, Phil Collins, Toby Keith, Cheap Trick and Stevie Ray Vaughan as well as on films and televisions shows such as “Titanic”, “Tarzan and the Lost City”, and “Robocop.”[2][3] Whitaker designed Ruff Cedar Recording Studio Austin in 1975 and relocated to Dallas where he founded Dallas Sound Lab at the Dallas Communications Complex in 1980.[2][3][6][7] In 1999, Whitaker created Dallas Sound Lab’s audio engineering program.[2][1][8]
In 2003, the program changed its name to MediaTech Institute and opened a branch in Houston within the Sunrise Sound studios.[2][9][1] MediaTech gained its accreditation through the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges in 2005 and the accreditation was granted again in 2010.[10][11] MediaTech received approval from the United States Government to offer financial aid through Title IV funding in 2008.[11]
Schools
The original location in Dallas houses seven professional studios.
MediaTech’s Houston location has three studios. Studio A has a solid state logic SSL G+ mixing console with more than 152 channels, studio B was designed for vocal and instrument overdubbing, and studio C was designed with pre-production in mind.[2] The Houston campus is laid out in specialized rooms named after colors. The Grey Room is designed for recording with a full band, the Gold Room has a full digital setup, the Green Room has a small booth for recording, the Purple Room houses a Control 24 console, and the Velvet Room is set up like a home studio.[12][13]
