About
The Experimental Music Studios are equipped with a full slate of software/hardware, and easily allow the integration of personal computers. Features include multiple DAWs, numerous software plug-ins, analog mixers, modular synthesizers, dozens of microphones, outboard compressors & equalizers, full-spectrum stereo and multichannel loudspeaker arrays, acoustic treatment, lava lamps and some very comfy beanbag chairs.
Studio A
Studio A is a spacious analog/digital electroacoustic composition studio with an 8.1 surround system and pair of nearfield monitors. Studio A also serves as the control room and primary teaching space for recording and audio engineering courses, functioning in conjunction with Studio X, which serves as the recording space.
Studio B
Studio B is a stereo composition studio designed to supplement introductory instruction in the basics of electroacoustic music composition techniques, including audio recording, editing and mixing, MIDI applications, analog modular synthesis, and digital signal processing.
Studio C
Studio D
Studio D is a spacious multichannel studio with numerous advanced options for the realization of electroacoustic compositions and experimental projects of all kinds, featuring an 8.1 surround-sound loudspeaker array and a pair of nearfield monitors.
Studio E
Studio E is a stereo composition studio designed to supplement introductory instruction in the basics of electroacoustic music composition techniques, including audio recording, editing and mixing, MIDI applications, analog modular synthesis, and digital signal processing.
Studio X
Studio X is a 10.1-channel studio and the largest of the seven, serving instruction in electroacoustic music, beatmaking, music production, modular synthesis, and audio programming. Studio X also functions as a live room for studio recording projects and recording classes, and hosts a weekly forum where students and faculty can gather to give presentations and discuss works in progress.
Studio Z
The newest of the seven facilities, Studio Z is a third-order Ambisonic studio for full-sphere soundfield composition, featuring a 20-channel dodecahedral loudspeaker array.