FACILITIES

NEW MEDIA

IEA Time-based Studio

Studio Software:

  • Adobe CC Suite
  • Ableton Live Suite 10 with Max for Live
  • Touch Designer
  • Disk Drill, drive recovery software
  • Topaz Labs, Full Suite:
    • Photo Ai
    • Gigapixel Ai
    • DeNoise Ai
    • Sharpen AI
    • Video Ai
  • Unity and Unreal (game engines)
  • Max 8 (1 license, on loan from the iea technician)
  • GRM (Complete II) Audio Tools
  • Presonus Studio One (6 Artist)

Studio Workstations:

  • Two (x2) Retina 5K iMac’s, 27-inch, 2020: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9 + 64 GB (RAM) + AMD 5700 XT 16 GB VRAM
  • PC workstation Intel I9 3.00GHz: 128GB RAM (#1)
  • PC workstation Intel I9 3.00GHz: 128GB RAM (#2)
    • Two x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB Graphics Cards
    • Blackmagic Design ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K
      • ATEM 1 M/E Video-Mixer Control Panel
      • Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Studio Pro SSD 4K

Imaging Hardware:

  • Panasonic GH6 mirrorless camera
    • Sirui 35mm 1.8 Anamorphic lens (MFT)
    • Panasonic Lumix G 12-35mm F2.8 II (MFT)
    • Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F 1.7 ASPH (MFT)
    • Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 II ASPH (MFT)
    • Panasonic Lumix G 45-175mm 1.4-5.6 ASPH (MFT)
  • Olympus M.zuiko Digital 14-42mm 1.3-5.6 (MFT)
  • Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 (Full Frame)
  • IRIX 11mm f4 (Full Frame)
  • Three (x3) Oculus Quest 2 headsets
  • Two (x2) Blackmagic Design Studio 4k Cameras
  • Two (x2) Canon CR-N300 4K NDI PTZ Cameras
  • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
  • Canon EOS 5d Mark III DSLR camera + GPS receiver GP-E2
  • Micro Projector
  • Magewell Pro Convert SDI TX 1-Channel NDI Encoder (for livestream)
  • Two (x2) Traveling 46″ 4k UHD TVs that are mountable/hangable

Audio Hardware

  • Marantz SR5006 Audio Amplifier with Paradigm Atom v6 Monitors
  • RME Fireface UFX Audio Interface
  • PreSonus AR8 Mixer/Audio Interface
  • Stanton T.92 digital turntable
  • Tascam DR-100 audio recorder
  • Marantz PMD 706 field recorder
  • Two (x2) AT8033: Audio Technica Condenser Microphones
  • PreSonus Studio 1810c, Audio Interface
  • DJI Mic
  • Rode Shotgun Mic

3D Hardware

  • VR Headsets Oculus Quest 2 & HTC Vive Pro
  • 360° Cameras Vuze+ 4k & GoPro MAX 5.6k
  • Depth Cameras: Real sense D435, Azure Kinect DK, Structure Scanner
  • Afinia EinScan H: 3D Handheld Scanner
  • Perception Neuron 3, Motion Capture System:
    • full-body tracking
    • finger tracking (using optional gloves)

Miscellaneous

  • CME Xkey 25-key Mobile Keyboard Controller
  • Novation Launch Control XL MIDI controller
  • LED soft-lights, gels, and production slate
  • Green Suit
  • Blue Wall
  • Rechargeable AA, AAA, and D batteries

 

Division of Expanded Media – Video and Sonic Arts Studios

The following may be available by prior request, only. Extended access in summer; scheduled access during the academic year.

Video Arts Studios

  • Blackmagic Design ATEM 4K mixer
  • Blackmagic Design SuperDeck Studio Pro SSD 4K
  • Blackmagic Studio Cameras
  • Panasonic 4K studio camera
  • Canon XF705 Video camera
  • Time base correctors – ForA, Hotronics
  • Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope
  • David Jones MVIP Digital Video Image Processor (pending euro rack)
  • Marantz SR5006
  • Tannoy Reveal studio monitor surround speakers
  • Sony PVM 2950 monitors
  • Ocean Matrix distribution amplifier
  • Mackie 12-channel mixer
  • RME Multiface II 96k24b, 8×8 analog I/O, digital I/O DSP audio interface
  • Doepfer – analog audio synthesizer: Basic A100 system, Ring Modulator, Frequency Shifter,
Vocoder Envelope Follower and Light to Control Voltage modules, ES-8 I/O, Make Noise Morphagene, and Insturo SCÍON biofeedback module.
  • Software: Adobe CC, ZBrush, GRM Tools, Unity, Unreal, Ableton Live 11 Suite, TouchDesigner, Max 8, Maya, Cinema 4
  • Two x Retina 5K iMac’s, 27-inch, 2020: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9 + 64 GB (RAM) + AMD 5700 XT 16 GB (VRAM)
  • PC Windows 10 workstations (matches iea PC specs) with 12G SDI Decklink Cards to 27” 4k UHD monitors
  • BluRay Player
  • Sandin IP Video Synthesizer
    • Analog video IP Colorizer (SD input/output)
      • output can be captured in 480p or real-time upscaled and captured in 4k
      • SD capture can be upscaled using Topaz software
    • Two Ikagami B&W Genlock video cameras with manual zoom/focus/gamma controls
    • Digital-to-analog converter (computer as video input)

Other

  • Three (x3) Panasonic 4K HC-VX981 Video Camera
  • DVD Players
  • Six (x6) Canon HDV Vixia HV30 Camera’s

 

TSI / Harland Snodgrass Media Gallery

The gallery features nine synchronizable video displays.

The display arrangements are on three walls:

  1. Four configured as a rectangle, with 65” screens
  2. two stacked vertically, with 70″ screens
  3. three wide, with 65″ screens

See the 2024 Snodgrass Specifications PDF for more details

 

Expanded Media Immersive Media Gallery

The gallery is ~ 20′ x 20′ x 10′. Playback runs on one PC with custom sync software (TouchDesigner) and real-time playback for full wall video-projection on three walls. The projectors are 4k and corners are seamlessly stiched. Audio playback is two-channel audio out: four speakers at the ceiling corners, two speakers at floor-level-rear.

PRINT MEDIA

Digital Printers

  • Canon Pro-4000 LUCIA PRO inkset 44” wide-format printer
  • Canon Pro-4100 LUCIA PRO inkset 44” wide-format printer
  • 
(Four) Canon iPF6400 LUCIA EX inkset 24” wide-format printers. Preloaded with Matte, Photo-satin, Watercolor, and Screenprint-film media
  • Canon iPF8400 LUCIA EX inkset 44” wide-format printer
  • Canon iPF9400 LUCIA EX inkset 60″ wide-format printer
  • Mimaki TS30-1300 44″ wide-format Dye-sublimation transfer printer

Digital Fabrication

  • Epilog Legend 36EXT Co2 Laser Cutter 24″ x 36″ bed
  • Epilog Fusion Pro Co2 Laser Cutter 36″x 48″ bed
  • Graphtech CE-6000-60 Vinyl Cutter
  • GBC 4120 12″ Laminator
  • Sterling Digibinder Plus – Perfect Binder
  • Knight MAXI-PRESS 44″ x 64″ large format manual heat transfer press
  • 
Knight DK25S 20″ x 25″ swing-away heat transfer press

Digital Imaging

  • Creo EverSmart Supreme tabloid flatbed scanner 14k optical resolution
  • Creo iQsmart3 Scanner

  • Canon EOS 5d Mark III DSLR camera

Printmaking Studio

  • Agfa SelectSet Avantra 25S, 3600dpi, 18” x 25”, imagesetter with stocastic screening
  • WSL A2 (Polymer Plate) Platemaker
  • Two Charles Brand Etching Presses – 30” x 50” and 28” x 50”
  • Two Takach Etching Presses – Bed Sizes 84” x 43” and 72” x 40”
  • Two Takach-Garfield Press – Bed Size 42” x 72” and 34” x 57”
  • Stienmesse and Stolberg Flatbed Offset Press 26″ × 34″
  • Inventory of Lithographic Stones up to 30” x 40”
  • A variety of roller durometers. 
  • Six Large Diameter Inking Rollers
  • Large assortment of Hand Brayers and Rollers

Screenprint

  • AWT Pro-Light 1 79″ x 51″ Screen Exposure Unit
  • AWT vacuum table with Manual Arm Attachment
  • Two vacuum tables
  • Five 36” x 48” mesh-count 230 screens
  • Six 25” x 36” mesh-count 230 screens
  • Six 25” x 36” mesh-count 305 screens