On Feb. 1, the Austin Area Urban League unveiled plans at their annual banquet for the new AMD Digital Music and Arts Institute. The studio will be equipped with about a dozen “Digital Audio Workstations,” which are powerful AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core processor-based PCAudioLabs™ desktop and mobile notebook computers running Cubase Studio 4 audio recording software.

Disadvantaged middle school students with promising musical talent will be able to express their musical creativity by learning how to use these enabling technologies to create music at the studio in Northeast Austin. Research studies have suggested a positive link between music instruction and enhanced learning. AMD’s involvement in the Digital Music and Arts Institute is part of a focused effort to improve educational initiatives in the local communities where the company operates.