MUSIC FACILITIES
Sebring-Lewis Hall | Classrooms | Rehearsal Rooms | Technology Labs
ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO
The electronic music studio is available for use by students who have completed the Electronic Music course and have received permission from the department to work on personal projects. The studio equipment includes a Mac G3 computer with SCSI accelerator; Digidesign ProTools 24 Mix Plus hardware and software for 24-bit digital audio recording and editing; a Yamaha 01v digital mixer; a CDRewriteable drive; DAT, digital 8-track, timecode-controllable video, and audio cassette decks; an Emu E4X turbo sampler; a Proteus/2xr sound module; a Kurzweil PC-88mx controller keyboard; MOTU Digital Time Piece and MIDI Time Piece; an 18-gigabyte hard drive; 2 ZSys digital audio routers; a DigiPatch digital patch bay; and a large suite of software for music production, including Digital Performer, ProTools, Max/MSP, Galaxy, Finale, etc.
KEYBOARD LAB
The keyboard/computer lab is designed for more general use. It contains 12 stations, each with its own G3 Macintosh computer, Korg N1 88-key keyboard, Tascam dual audio cassette deck, two sets of headphones, and Digital Performer for MIDI sequencing, Sound Edit 16, Finale, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Flash, Quicktime Pro, and other software for ear training, composition, and multimedia development. One station has hardware for digitizing video. The room is equipped with a laser printer capable of printing 11x17 sheets. The instructor can feed the sound from any of the students stations to the room's speakers, can project the contents from any of the room's computer monitors onto the front wall, and can communicate privately via headsets with any of the students in the room. The room is designed as a flexible space for group keyboard lessons, keyboard harmony training, ear training, composition, multimedia production, Web page design, and the "Arts, Multimedia, and the Internet" class.
ARTS TECHNOLOGY LAB
The Arts Technology lab is a space for advanced video production, sound editing, and multimedia development. It is equipped with a Macintsoh G4 with a fast processor and expanded RAM, a 150-gigabyte hard drive, a digital video camera and digital VCR, a Digidesign sound editing station, and a CD burner. It also has a duplicate of the stations in the keyboard/computer lab. It contains the full Adobe package of multimedia software including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere as well as Director, Media Cleaner Pro, and Quicktime Pro. The room includes a 2GB Jaz drive, a 21" studio monitor, a flatbed scanner, and a slide scanner.
