Have you ever wanted to start your own talk show or record and mix your own song? The Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center would like to invite you to our new state-of-the-art recording studio, located on the second floor in room 204. The Audio Lab is now open for the entire ATU community to professionally record their podcasts, oral history interviews, bluegrass banjo jams, piano sonatas, film narrations, funky percussion grooves, and other sick beats.
The library’s Music Lab—already home to an impressive collection of CD’s, LP’s, film course reserves, and digital music/video editing software—built this new center as a creative space for students to bring their audio and video projects to life. The walls have been acoustically treated to keep outside noises out and inside noises in. Students can bring their own instruments, and those with electric guitars can plug directly into the thunderbolt audio interface without using an amplifier, which are too noisy for the second floor. In the quiet of the library, users finally have a space to get loud…ish.
The lab features an assortment of high quality recording hardware, such as microphones, a drum pad, keyboards, and a 10-channel mixer. Users will also have access to audio and video editing software like Adobe Audition, Wavelab, GarageBand, Logic Pro X, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, and more.
Don’t let the high-tech software intimidate you. Audio lab assistants are standing by to help you navigate the controls and the equipment. You can also brush up on your video and music editing skills by creating an account with ATU’s Virtual Training Center (VTC). This service—free to the Tech Community—offers tutorials and video guides to all kinds of video/audio software, including most of the software in the Audio Lab.
Reserve a two hour slot today by contacting Luke Heffley or Lowell Lybarger. More information about making reservations, lab hours, use guidelines, and more can be viewed at the new Audio Lab website: http://www.atu.edu/audiolab/index.php
For any questions about the Audio Lab, Music Lab, or more, email our expert in all things audio, RPL’s Music Librarian, Dr. Lowell Lybarger.