Facilities

Studio C (Computer Music Studio)

Studio C is our multi-user studio and classroom. Three computer workstations are available, each built around a Power Mac G5 computer running a full suite of audio applications, including Max/MSP, Pro Tools, Logic Audio, and Reason. In addition, each workstation features an arsenal of digital audio hardware, including a Digi002 audio interface and an array of various external synthesizers, effects units, and controllers. For classroom instruction, Studio C has a video projection system to which all computers are connected, allowing for easy demonstration of lesson material, as well as a top-shelf monitoring system with speakers custom-made by our own Andy Nittoli.

Studio A (Electronic Music Studio)

Studio A is our analog studio. It contains a wide range of vintage equipment, including oscillators, ring modulators, filters, envelope generators, and a Buchla 200 synthesizer. Users of the studio can edit works on one of four reel-to-reel tape decks or on a computer workstation using Pro Tools.

History

In the 1960s, electronic music pioneer Bülent Arel was director of electronic music at Yale University. In 1971 he founded Stony Brook University's Electronic Music Studio and taught a course in fundamentals of electronic music. In 1973-4, both Arel and Daria Semegen designed a second analog studio and several editing studios. While teaching and working at Columbia-Princeton's electronic music center, Semegen developed Stony Brook's additional electronic music courses and assembled an electronic music library. Stony Brook University was one of the first U.S. universities to offer a comprehensive graduate curriculum in Electronic Music Studies including technical studies, electronic music composition, and history of electronic music and technology with a collection of audio/visual materials and printed literature.

Studio B (Under construction)

Currently under construction, Studio B will be a high-end, single-user studio with a focus on multichannel audio. It will easily transition from 8-channel ambisonic to standard 5.1 surround sound. The core of the studio will be two Power Mac G5 computers, set up as a linked pair so that one computer can dedicate its full power to audio processing while the other is being used for recording.

Additional facilities

In addition to the facilities at Stony Brook Studios, our students also have access to the 22 workstations available at the Staller Center SINC site, each of which features a full suite of professional applications, including Logic, Reason, Sibelius, and Final Cut Pro.

Our new Hybrid site has an additional 18 computers available, running Logic, Max/MSP, and Final Cut Pro, along with other applications.