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)
- Analog video IP Colorizer (SD input/output)
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:
- Four configured as a rectangle, with 65” screens
- two stacked vertically, with 70″ screens
- 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