Students on the MDes Sound for the Moving Image have access to a range of sound dubbing suites (Ambisonic, Dolby Atmos and 5.1) and engage with arange of audio-visual software tools and platforms. AVID ProTools is a key package but students also work with software such as Reaper, Ableton and Max. Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro X are the main video editing platforms, while students taking the Audio for Games elective are introduced to Unity and FMOD. In addition, all students also have access to Soundsnap, an online sound effects library with a database of over 450,000 professionally recorded sound effects.