iEAR Studios facilities

The 8 channel sound studio is ready to support a variety of multi channel sound field projects and courses. This studio is a black “space” environment (floors, walls and ceiling are all painted black). A pipe grid allows for the rigging of sound speakers, projection systems, lighting and other audio video equipment. This studio is also wired up to the INET2 high bandwidth internet portal and includes multiple network connections through out the room. An LCD Projection system is installed and ready for use from either a laptop or the room’s main desktop computer.

This single workstation studio is an advanced digital audio and video postproduction system focused primarily on multi track audio via Pro-Tools. Graduates and advanced level users have the ability to produce and post produce multi track audio and video including 5.1 surround sound tracks. This studio is open to graduate level users, visiting artists and advanced select undergraduate students.

This studio is a high end computer graphics and printing center that supports student projects in advanced imaging, computer graphics, printing, laminating, pre-press work and video capture. Large Format archival Printing, Photo film scanning, Video post production, high performance document scanning, and ink jet printing are all available to end users who have attended the studios orientation program.

This gallery space is used to display a large array of Art works from students, faculty and visiting artist ranging from traditional 2d paintings and prints to Multi Media interactive installations.

This facility is setup to support high performance scanning, printing, drafting, and some video editing via 12 (new summer 09) Macintosh workstations for undergraduate courses, special lectures, and other special events.

This studio supports all basic and advanced level drawing and painting courses and activities. Pedestals, drawing boards and subject stands are all available in the studio.

The Equipment Room provides AV equipment for all Arts Dept courses, special events and research.

The "black box studio suite" is a three-room system designed to accommodate live audio and video recordings, small concerts, lectures, and other special events. DCC 174 is the large black box space, which allows for the staging of performances and installations.

This is a 6 workstation undergraduate electronic music classroom used for the teaching and production of electronic computer music and other special audio and interactive art topics courses. The workstations allow for the audio switching between the dedicated workstations and a laptop. This gives laptop users access to good external audio monitoring.

This place is a 6 workstation non-linear video post production studio with DVD authoring capabilities that supports courses in both Intermediate and Advanced Video as well as some topics courses.

This is a high definition postproduction video studio with a high end Mac G5 workstation running the latest Final Cut Studio Suite of software. It also supports Media dubbing, Media format conversions, and video post productions allowing for end users to change formats from older or archive media such as VHS, Hi 8mm, UMATIC etc… into a more usable digital medium for today’s post production projects.

This lab is a large multipurpose classroom that supports lectures and courses such as Media Studio audio video, as well as special presentations and installations. There are several Mac workstations at the back of the room used for graphics work.

This room supports Graduate seminars, lectures, topics courses and special presentations.

This room is for more traditional style lecture arrangements and supports a variety of courses and presentations.

The sculpture studio is used for students enrolled in sculpture courses and lab sessions. The studio is outfitted with a variety of sculpture stands, tools and raw material for creation of unique art pieces.

VAST (Visualization, Animation, Simulation Technology) Studio is an advanced digital imaging and animation lab, consisting of 25 8-core 64bit PC's equipped with dual monitors .