FACILITIES

ELECTRONIC 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:

  • Retina 5K iMac’s, 27-inch, 2020: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9 + 64 GB (RAM) + AMD 5700 XT 16 GB VRAM (x2)
  • 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:

  • Sandin IP Video Synthesizer (on loan from Expanded Media for the first half of 2023)
    • Analog video IP Colorizer (SD input/output)
      • output can be captured in 480p, 720p, or 1080p
      • output can be upscaled using Topaz software
    • Two Ikagami B&W genlock video cameras
    • Digital-to-analog converter (computer as video input)
  • 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)
  • Oculus Quest 2 (x3)
  • Blackmagic Design Studio Camera 4K (x2)
  • Canon CR-N300 4K NDI PTZ Camera (x2)
  • 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)
  • Traveling 46″ 4k UHD TVs that are mountable/hangable (x3)

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
  • Audio Technica Condenser Microphone, AT8033 (x2)
  • PreSonus Studio 1810c, Audio Interface
  • DJI Mic
  • Rode Shotgun Mic
  • Plye Megaphone/Bullhorn, PMP43IN (x2)

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’s PC specs) with 12G SDI Decklink Cards to 27” 4k UHD monitors
  • BluRay Player

Other

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

 

TSI / Harland Snodgrass Media Gallery

The gallery features nine video displays which are all synchronizable. The display arrangements are a three-wide with 65″ screens, a two-vertical arrangement with 70″ screens, and a quad configurations with 65” screens.

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”
  • Two Large sets of Viscosity Inking Rollers
  • 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