Dara Greenwald--artist, curator, activist, writer, member of
the Just Seeds Collective, and Rensselaer doctoral candidate in the Arts Department--died
on January 9, 2012 from cancer. Memorial Weekend
iEAR Black Box Studio Suite
iEAR Black Box Studio Suite
Location: DCC-174
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. It consists of a configurable lighting grid, projection screen, 8 channel PA system and a black curtain that can cover all sides of the space. An INET2 high bandwidth Internet connection is installed for audio and video tele performances. DCC 178 is the vocal voice over booth to compliment the audio recording capabilities of the black box space. It consists of a small soundproof room with a window view into the black box space. DCC 175 is the control room for black box and voice over booth and allows for multi track digital audio recording via pro-tools. A separate video editing system allows for a live 3 video camera recording production onto DVcam format.
Hardware:
- 3 SONY PD 170 cameras with rolling tripods.
- Video switching system includes AV switchers, patch bay,AV monitors and recorders.
- Mac intel G5 workstation for video editing and live capture
- 2 Wirelss lav microphone systems.
- Protools HD
- Soundcraft 6000 series 32 track 8 bus mixing console
- Fostex audio monitors
- Blue screen system
- JBL 8 channel PA system
- Projection screen and pipe grid
Software:
- Protools
- Apple Final cut pro
- OSX10.5.8