Sound Design and Technology

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CCM Sound has a noted track record of being a leader in connecting our students with immersive audio, providing students opportunities to work with L-Acoustics L-ISA, d&b audiotechnik Soundscape and Meyer Sound SpaceMap Go. We were the first university to accomplish this feat. Students regularly have opportunities for training through d&b and L-Acoustics. Through our involvement with USITT, faculty connections, and our alumni network, we leverage unique opportunities for our students including comp tickets to tours, “ride-alongs” behind the mixing desk on Broadway and job opportunities. 

Our students work in the industry, at times hired before graduation. CCM students boast a 94% employment or continuing education rate following graduation. Recent graduates are working in significant roles at MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Cirque du Soleil “O,” Stereophonic on Broadway, L-Acoustics, and on current national tours.

This is a sampling of our equipment inventory. It is an ever-changing list. Each TAPAA production has a sound budget, and we regularly rent or have industry partnerships that allow us to bring in additional technologies.

• Loudspeakers
  • A full range of large and small loudspeakers and subwoofers (and the appropriate processors/controllers) by d&b, Meyer Sound, Apogee, EV, EAW, JBL.
• Mixing Consoles and Processors
  • DiGiCo SD10 with SD & D stage racks and T software, Yamaha CL3 with RIO stage racks, PM5D and LS9 with various expansion cards, Midas M32R with DL racks; A variety of analog consoles are also available.
  • Waves Soundgrid Server with SuperRack and various plug-in packages
  • Meyer Galileo 616 Processor
  • Aviom Personal mixing system
• Microphones
  • A full range of wired and wireless microphones by DPA, Sennheiser, Shure, Beyerdynamic, AKG, Crown, Audix and more.
• Playback Equipment and Computers
  • Several Mac Minis running QLab Pro Audio software either as a DANTE enabled device or with an external audio interface.
  • Audio Interface options include MOTU, Focusrite and Presonus.
  • Ipads with remote software including Meyer Compass software, d&b R1 and R10 software, DiGiCo remote, Yahama Remote, Qlab Remote.
  • Wired and Wireless networks for digital audio transmission and remote control of equipment/software.
  • SMAART v8/9 and Rational Acoustics mics for sound system tunning.
  • Sound Devices 970 for multi-track recording and playback.
• Amplifiers
  • Power amplifiers including d&B, Crest, Crown.
• Miscellaneous
  • Headphones, video cameras and monitors, microphone stands, keyboards, audio snakes, intercom equipment and other miscellaneous equipment by AKG, Clear-Com, RTA, Furman, Kurzweil, Mark of the Unicorn, Panasonic, Roland, Sony, TOA, Whirlwind and other manufacturers.

• Auralex acoustic treatment
• Roland XP-80 76-Key Keyboard
• Yamaha P-71 Digital Piano
• Korg minilogue xd
• M-Audio 25-Key Controller
• SSL Nucleus 2 Mix Surface + Channel Strips
• Genelec studio monitors
• Surround sound capability
• Focusrite interface
• Mac computer with:
• Logic Pro X
• Audinate Dante DVS
• Pro Tools
• Native Instruments Komplete
• 3^rd Party Instrument Libraries for Kontakt
• Qlab 5

The Theatre Design and Production (TD&P) Sound Design Project Studio is a well-equipped multi-purpose laboratory and production space. It functions as a classroom for some sound courses as well as a fully functional multimedia post-production studio.

The studio is also well-stocked with sound effects collections from Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge and other production companies as well as microphones for a variety of recording projects.