The School of Performing Arts Recording Studio is a 4,500 square-foot music recording and production facility with acoustically isolated rooms designed to support academic instruction and hands-on experience in multitrack recording, audio mixing and mastering, ADR/dialog and Foley recording, audio for post, sound design, music arranging and composition, and more. The main studio is equipped with a 32-channel SSL Origin large-format analog console, Metric Halo 3d ULN-8s, and a 7.1.4 Genelec Smart Active Monitoring system for recording and mixing in stereo, surround, Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H, Ambisonics, and other immersive audio formats. Additional rooms are configured as smaller studios with SSL UC1 and SSL UF8 hardware control surfaces for multitrack audio recording and mixing, ADR, dialog, and Foley recording capabilities, and video editing. The studio microphone collection includes a variety of large and small diaphragm condenser, tube, ribbon, and dynamic microphones from manufacturers such as DPA, Neumann, AKG, Earthworks, Soundfield, Peluso Labs, RØDE, Royer, Shure, Audix, and Sennheiser.
Software available includes Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H Audio, Final Cut Pro, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Steinberg Wavelab, and audio plugins from Metric Halo, Solid State Logic, iZotope, FabFilter, Audio Ease, LiquidSonics, and Exponential Audio. Studio instruments include a Yamaha CF III concert grand piano, a 1976 Rhodes Suitcase 73 Mk I Vintage Electric Piano, a Gretsch drum kit, and a variety of MIDI keyboards, synthesizers, samplers, and software virtual instruments.
The studio is located in downtown Blacksburg, immediately adjacent to the Farmer’s Market and about two blocks from the School of Performing Arts administrative offices in Henderson Hall. A map with directions from Henderson (or the Squires Student Center) is available at https://studio.music.vt.edu/map_to_studio.pdf. University parking is available nearby in the Squires, Architecture Annex, and Media Building lots, and limited metered parking is also available in Market Square Park and Downton Blacksburg.
Contact Michael Dunston for more information.