Music Technology Facilities
The Department of Music’s music technology facilities are integral to our students’ education, both as classrooms and as laboratories for student projects and research. They include:
Studio A
Studio A brings classic analog recording and contemporary digital production together. The studio is built around a Trident 88 recording console with 88 channels in mix mode, a TASCAM ATR-80 two-inch, 24-track tape machine, and a Mac Studio running Pro Tools with a Lynx Auora 32 audio interface. Students explore analog signal flow and tape recording alongside digital editing and mixing.
Outboard equipment includes a Universal Audio 1176LN compressor, SSL X-Rack, API 512c microphone preamp, Chandler processing, Hotplate plate reverb, and Lexicon PCM91 reverb. The microphone collection includes Neumann KM 184s, Audio-Technica AT4050s, an Electro-Voice RE20, Sennheiser MD 421s, and Cascade ribbon microphones, giving students a range of options for capturing voices and instruments.
Studio B
Studio B combines a live room and two isolation booths with a flexible recording and mixing environment. A Mac Studio Ultra runs Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Ableton Live, with SSL UF1 and UF8 control surfaces providing hands-on control. The control room supports 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos mixing with ADAM speakers, an Audient ORIA interface, and Dolby Atmos Renderer software, allowing students to explore immersive sound alongside stereo production.
The studio offers preamps and processors from Neve, API, SSL, Universal Audio, Chandler, and Pendulum Audio, including Empirical Labs Distressors and Universal Audio LA-610 channel strips as well as an Eventide H3000 and Sony DP-7 digital reverb. Its microphone collection includes Neumann TLM 103 and TLM 102 microphones, Mojave MA-200s, AKG C414s, Beyerdynamic M 160 ribbons, and a Shure SM7B. An extensive plug-in collection from Universal Audio, Plugin Alliance, iZotope, Waves, Eventide, and Soundtoys supports recording, mixing, restoration, and creative sound processing.
Studio C
Studio C is our mixing, overdub, and post-production project studio, which is equipped with a small control room and small live room. The studio is centered by a TOFT Audio Designs ATB-8 console and a 16 IO Universal Audio Apollo 16 DSP-QUAD audio interface. This studio is designed for students to practice manipulating signal path and microphone placement techniques, learn the basics of digital audio workstation methodology, and work on projects that do not require the larger facilities of Studios A and B. It also features a variety of analog and digital synthesizers, including a Symbolic Sound Kyma Pacarana, Moog Sub Phatty, Moog Mother 32, Roland D-50, Arturia Microbrute, Novation Ultranova, and plug-in packages from Universal Audio, Eventide, Fab Filter, Izotope, and Native Instruments.
MIDI/Theory Lab
The MIDI/Theory Lab is a 20-workstation Mac computer lab for recording, music production, and music theory. Each workstation includes a Universal Audio Volt 2 USB audio interface, a Yamaha Clavinova with a weighted keyboard, and an AKAI MPK49 MIDI controller, giving students hands-on tools for recording, sequencing, and working with virtual instruments.
Software includes Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Audacity, Adobe Creative Suite, Melodyne, and Native Instruments tools such as Guitar Rig, Maschine, and Reaktor. A Toft ATB-16 mixing console supports instruction in analog signal flow and console operation.